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Joshua 15

Josh. 15:45 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ekron
`Eqrown (Hebrew #6138)
eradication; Ekron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ekron.
Pronounce: ek-rone'
Origin: from 6131
i, with her towns
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
and her villages
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
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Amos 1:8• 8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. (Amos 1:8)
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Zeph. 2:4• 4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zeph. 2:4)
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Zech. 9:5,7• 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. (Zech. 9:5,7)

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Cross References

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Ekron.
Josh. 13:3• 3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Josh. 13:3)
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1 Sam. 5:10• 10Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. (1 Sam. 5:10)
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1 Sam. 6:17• 17And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; (1 Sam. 6:17)
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Amos 1:8• 8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. (Amos 1:8)
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Zeph. 2:4• 4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zeph. 2:4)
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Zech. 9:5‑7• 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. (Zech. 9:5‑7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ekron and its dependent villagesd and its hamletsb.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Lit. "daughters." see ch. 17.11.
b
See ch. 13.23.