Joshua 15:11

The English Standar Version

The boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount Baalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:16

and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron -- is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? -- therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.' "

2 Kings 1:6

And they said to him, "There came a man to meet us, and said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.' "

2 Chronicles 26:6

He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

Numbers 34:6

"For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its[1] coast. This shall be your western border.

Joshua 15:10

And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah.

Joshua 15:12

And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

Joshua 15:45

Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

Joshua 15:9

Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

Judges 1:18

Judah also captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath[5] and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But as soon as the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, "They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people."

1 Samuel 5:8

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.

1 Samuel 7:14

The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.