Ashdod,its townsand its villages;Gaza,its townsand its villages;as faras the brookof Egyptand the GreatSea,even [its] coastline.
"But nowthe LORDmy Godhas givenme reston everyside;thereis neitheradversarynormisfortune.
He defeatedthe Philistinesas faras Gazaand its territory,from watchtowerto fortifiedcity.
Now he wentout and warredagainst the Philistines,and brokedownthe wallof Gathand the wallof Jabnehand the wallof Ashdod;and he builtcitiesin [the area of] Ashdodand among the Philistines.
"I will fixyour boundaryfrom the RedSeato the seaof the Philistines,and from the wildernessto the River[Euphrates]; for I will deliverthe inhabitantsof the landinto your hand,and you will drivethem out beforeyou.
That whichcameas the wordof the LORDto Jeremiahthe prophetconcerningthe Philistines,beforePharaohconqueredGaza.
"Baldnesshas comeupon Gaza;Ashkelonhas been ruined.O remnantof their valley,Howlongwill you gashyourself?
For Gazawill be abandonedAnd Ashkelona desolation;Ashdodwill be drivenout at noonAnd Ekronwill be uprooted.
But an angelof the Lordspoketo Philipsaying,"Getup and gosouthto the roadthat descendsfrom Jerusalemto Gaza."(Thisis a desert[road].)
And the Avvim,who livedin villagesas faras Gaza,the Caphtorimwho camefrom Caphtor,destroyedthem and livedin their place.)
There were noAnakimleftin the landof the sonsof Israel;onlyin Gaza,in Gath,and in Ashdodsome remained.
from the Shihorwhichis eastof Egypt,even as faras the borderof Ekronto the north(it is countedas Canaanite);the fivelordsof the Philistines:the Gazite,the Ashdodite,the Ashkelonite,the Gittite,the Ekronite;and the Avvite
It continuedto Azmonand proceededto the brookof Egypt,and the borderendedat the sea.Thisshall be your southborder.
from Ekroneven to the sea,allthat were by the sideof Ashdod,with their villages.
In the hillcountry:Shamirand Jattirand Socoh,
