15:45 Ekron and its surrounding towns 5 and settlements; 15:46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt 6 and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. 7
15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. 8
1 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
2 tn Heb “in front of.”
3 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
4 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
5 tn Heb “daughters.”
6 tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.
7 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
8 tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”
9 tn Or “dedicated to the
10 tn Heb “messengers.”