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18 And Judah captured (A)Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

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18 Judah also took[a] Gaza,(A) Ashkelon(B) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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  1. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take

20 and all the [a](A)foreign people, all the kings of the (B)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (C)Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (D)Ashdod),

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  1. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mixed multitude

20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(A) all the kings of the Philistines(B) (those of Ashkelon,(C) Gaza,(D) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

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So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza,
And it will consume her citadels.
I will also cut off the inhabitant from (A)Ashdod
And him who holds the scepter from (B)Ashkelon;
I will even turn My hand against Ekron,
And the remnant of the (C)Philistines will perish,”
Says Lord Yahweh.

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I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(A)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(B) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines(C) are dead,”(D)
says the Sovereign Lord.(E)

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  1. Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants

For (A)Gaza will be [a]forsaken
And Ashkelon a desolation;
(B)Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
And (C)Ekron will be uprooted.

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  1. Zephaniah 2:4 Heb Azabah, sounds like Gaza

Philistia

Gaza(A) will be abandoned
    and Ashkelon(B) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
    and Ekron uprooted.

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And the coast will be
For the (A)remnant of the house of Judah;
They will (B)feed upon it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For Yahweh their God will (C)care for them
And (D)restore their fortune.

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That land will belong
    to the remnant(A) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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Ashkelon(A) will see it and fear;
    Gaza will writhe in agony,
    and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
    and Ashkelon will be deserted.

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