Judah was given Ashdod and the settlements and villages around it. And Judah was given Gaza and its settlements and villages. Judah’s territory went all the way to the Wadi of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

亚实突和属亚实突的镇市村庄；迦萨和属迦萨的镇市村庄；直到埃及小河，并大海和靠近大海之地。

亚实突和所属的乡镇与村庄，迦萨和所属的乡镇与村庄，到埃及溪谷，直到大海以及沿海一带之地。

亚实突和所属的乡镇与村庄，迦萨和所属的乡镇与村庄，到埃及溪谷，直到大海以及沿海一带之地。

亚实突及其附近的城邑和乡村，迦萨及其附近的城邑和乡村，直到埃及小河和地中海沿岸。

亚实突和属于亚实突的市镇村庄；迦萨和属于迦萨的市镇村庄；直到埃及小河和大海沿岸的地方。

亞實突和屬亞實突的鎮市村莊；迦薩和屬迦薩的鎮市村莊；直到埃及小河，並大海和靠近大海之地。

亞實突和所屬的鄉鎮與村莊，迦薩和所屬的鄉鎮與村莊，到埃及溪谷，直到大海以及沿海一帶之地。

亞實突和所屬的鄉鎮與村莊，迦薩和所屬的鄉鎮與村莊，到埃及溪谷，直到大海以及沿海一帶之地。

亞實突及其附近的城邑和鄉村，迦薩及其附近的城邑和鄉村，直到埃及小河和地中海沿岸。

亞實突和屬於亞實突的市鎮村莊；迦薩和屬於迦薩的市鎮村莊；直到埃及小河和大海沿岸的地方。

亞實突、和屬亞實突的廂鎮村莊；迦薩、和屬迦薩的廂鎮村莊；直到埃及小河、跟大海、與海的沿岸。

亞實突與其屬邑鄉里、迦薩與其屬邑鄉里、至埃及溪、延及大海為界、

亞實突與其邑鄉、迦薩與其鄉里、及埃及河、延至大海。

亞實突與其村及鄉里、迦薩與其村及鄉里、至伊及河河或作溪及大海濱、

Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.

It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ashdod, with its surrounding villages and settlements; Gaza, with its surrounding villages and settlements, to the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages, as far as the brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its coastline.

Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages— as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline.

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.

Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, to the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border[ thereof]:

Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.

It then went along to Azmon. There it joined the Wadi of Egypt and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. That was the southern border of Judah.

The people of Gaza will be so sad they will shave their heads. And Ashkelon’s people will be silent. You who remain on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza.

There it will turn and join the Wadi of Egypt. It will come to an end at the Mediterranean Sea.Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. That will be your border on the west.

The Lord says,“ The people of Gaza have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They captured whole communities. They sold them to Edom.So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Gaza. It will burn up its forts.

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip.“ Go south to the desert road,” he said.“ It’s the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.The people of Gaza were told,“ Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place. They hid and waited for him at the city gate all night long. They didn’t make any move against him during the night. They said,“ Let’s wait until the sun comes up. Then we’ll kill him.”But Samson stayed there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up. He took hold of the doors of the city gate. He also took hold of the two doorposts. He tore them loose, together with their metal bar. He picked them up and put them on his shoulders. Then he carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.Some time later, Samson fell in love again. The woman lived in the Valley of Sorek. Her name was Delilah.The rulers of the Philistines went to her. They said,“ See if you can get him to tell you the secret of why he’s so strong. Find out how we can overpower him. Then we can tie him up. We can bring him under our control. Each of us will give you 28 pounds of silver.”So Delilah said to Samson,“ Tell me the secret of why you are so strong. Tell me how you can be tied up and controlled.”Samson answered her,“ Let someone tie me up with seven new bowstrings. They must be strings that aren’t completely dry. Then I’ll become as weak as any other man.”So the Philistine rulers brought seven new bowstrings to her. They weren’t completely dry. Delilah tied Samson up with them.Men were hiding in the room. She called out to him,“ Samson! The Philistines are attacking you!” But he snapped the bowstrings easily. They were like pieces of string that had come too close to a flame. So the secret of why he was so strong wasn’t discovered.Delilah spoke to Samson again.“ You have made me look foolish,” she said.“ You told me a lie. Come on. Tell me how you can be tied up.”Samson said,“ Let someone tie me tightly with new ropes. They must be ropes that have never been used. Then I’ll become as weak as any other man.”So Delilah got some new ropes. She tied him up with them. Men were hiding in the room. She called out to him,“ Samson! The Philistines are attacking you!” But he snapped the ropes off his arms. They fell off just as if they were threads.Delilah spoke to Samson again.“ All this time you have been making me look foolish,” she said.“ You have been telling me lies. This time really tell me how you can be tied up.” He replied,“ Weave the seven braids of my hair into the cloth on a loom. Then tighten the cloth with a pin. If you do, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while Samson was sleeping, Delilah took hold of the seven braids of his hair. She wove them into the cloth on a loom.Then she tightened the cloth with a pin. Again she called out to him,“ Samson! The Philistines are attacking you!” He woke up from his sleep. He pulled up the pin and the loom, together with the cloth.Then she said to him,“ How can you say,‘ I love you’? You won’t even share your secret with me. This is the third time you have made me look foolish. And you still haven’t told me the secret of why you are so strong.”She continued to pester him day after day. She nagged him until he was sick and tired of it.So he told her everything. He said,“ My hair has never been cut. That’s because I’ve been a Nazirite since the day I was born. A Nazirite is set apart to God. If you shave my head, I won’t be strong anymore. I’ll become as weak as any other man.”Delilah realized he had told her everything. So she sent a message to the Philistine rulers. She said,“ Come back one more time. He has told me everything.” So the rulers returned. They brought the silver with them.Delilah got Samson to go to sleep on her lap. Then she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair. That’s how she began to bring Samson under her control. And he wasn’t strong anymore.She called out,“ Samson! The Philistines are attacking you!” He woke up from his sleep. He thought,“ I’ll go out just as I did before. I’ll shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that the Lord had left him.Then the Philistines grabbed him. They poked his eyes out. They took him down to Gaza. They put bronze chains around him. Then they made him grind grain in the prison.

Those areas begin at the Shihor River in the eastern part of Egypt. They go to the territory of Ekron in the north. All that land is considered Canaanite even though it is controlled by five Philistine rulers. They rule over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. The Avvites

“ I will make your borders secure from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. They will go from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land. You will drive them out to make room for yourselves.

Gaza will be deserted. Ashkelon will be destroyed. Ashdod will be emptied out at noon. Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.