Joshua 19 · Verse 43

Joshua 19:43

And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Joshua 19:43, King James Version

Joshua 19:43 in other translations

BSBElon, Timnah, Ekron,
WEBElon, Timnah, Ekron,
ASVand Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
YLTand Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
DARBYand Elon, and Timnathah, and Ekron,
BBEAnd Elon and Timnah and Ekron
WebsterAnd Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

What does Joshua 19:43 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 19:40-46

Jos 19:40-48. Of Dan. 40-46. the seventh lot came out for the tribe ... Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 Thimnathah - Probably the same as Timnah. See on Jos 15:57 (note). Ekron - A well-known city of the Philistines and the metropolis of one of their five dynasties.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 19:17-51

Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefer the common welfare before private advantage. Those who labour most to do good to others, seek an inheritance in the Canaan above: but it will be soon enough to enter thereon, when they have done all the…

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Joshua 19:43 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵיל֥וֹןve.'ei.Lonand ElonH356
וְתִמְנָ֖תָהve.tim.Na.tahand Timnah <towards>H8553
וְעֶקְרֽוֹן\׃ve.'ek.Ronand EkronH6138

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 19:43

  • Genesis 38:12

    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

  • Joshua 15:45

    Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

  • 1 Samuel 5:10

    Therefore 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.

  • Judges 14:1-2

    And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

  • Amos 1:8

    And 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thimnathah.
Ge 38:12; Jud 14:1,2
Timnath. Ekron.Ekron is placed by Eusebius between Ashdod and Jamnia, eastward; and probably the ruined village of Tookrair, mentioned by Dr. Richarson, situated on the top of a hill, and which he says seems to have been a place of considerable consequence, occupies its site.
15:45; 1Sa 5:10; Am 1:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 19:42

    And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

  • Joshua 19:43

    And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

  • Joshua 19:44

    And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

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Joshua 19:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Elón, y Timnatha, y Ecrón,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Élon, et Thimnatha, et Ékron,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Elon und Timnatha und Ekron,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Elon et Themna et Acron,