Judges 1 · Verse 18

Judges 1:18

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
Judges 1:18, King James Version

Judges 1:18 in other translations

BSBAnd Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
WEBAlso Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
ASVAlso Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.
YLTAnd Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;
DARBYAnd Judah took Gazah and its border, and Ashkelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.
BBEThen Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.
WebsterAlso Judah took Gaza with its border, and Askelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

What does Judges 1:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36

17-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Judah took Gaza - and Askelon - and Ekron - There is a most remarkable variation here in the Septuagint; I shall set down the verse: Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης· και ην Κυριος μετα Ιουδα. "But Judah Did Not possess Gaza, Nor the coast thereof; neither Askelon, nor the coasts thereof, neither Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; neither Azotus, nor its adjacent places: and the Lord was with Judah." This is the reading of the Vatican and other copies of the Septuagint: but the Alexandrian MS., and the text of the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots, agree more nearly with the Hebrew text. St. Augustine and Procopius read the same as, the Vatican MS.; and Josephus expressly says that the Israelites took only Askelon and Azotus, but did not take Gaza nor Ekron; and the whole history shows that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines; and if the Israelites did take them at this time, as the Hebrew text states, they certainly lost them in a very short time after.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:9-20

The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psa 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jos 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fix where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that molested none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shall…

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Judges 1:18 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.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvai.yil.Kodand he capturedH3920
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַזָּ֣ה'a.ZahGazaH5804
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
גְּבוּלָ֔הּge.vu.Lahterritory itsH1366
וְאֶֽת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן'ash.ke.LonAshkelonH831
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
גְּבוּלָ֑הּge.vu.Lahterritory itsH1366
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֶקְר֖וֹןek.RonEkronH6138
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
גְּבוּלָֽהּ\׃ge.vu.Lahterritory itsH1366

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Cross references for Judges 1:18

  • Joshua 11:22

    There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

  • Judges 3:3

    Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

  • 1 Samuel 6:17

    And 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;

  • Joshua 13:3

    From 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:

  • Joshua 15:45-47

    Ekron, with her towns and her villages: From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 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:

  • Exodus 23:31

    And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

  • Judges 16:1-2

    Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

  • Judges 16:21

    But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Also Judah.There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: [Kai ouk ekléronomésen Ioudas tén Gazan, oude ta horia autés; oude tén Askalóna, oude ta horia autés; kai tén Akkarón, oude ta horia autés; tén Azóton, oude ta perisporia autés.] "But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus (Ant. 1. v. c. 2) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from ch. 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.
Gaza.
3:3; 16:1,2,21; Ex 23:31
See on
Jos 11:22; 13:3; 15:45-47; 1Sa 6:17

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Context

  • Judges 1:17

    And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

  • Judges 1:18

    Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

  • Judges 1:19

    And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

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Judges 1:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tomó también Judá á Gaza con su término, y á Ascalón con su término, y á Ecrón con su término.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Juda prit Gaza et ses confins, et Askalon et ses confins, et Ékron et ses confins.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Juda nahm Gasa ein und sein Gebiet, und Askelon und sein Gebiet, und Ekron und sein Gebiet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cepitque Judas Gazam cum finibus suis, et Ascalonem, atque Accaron cum terminis suis.