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Judges 1:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Judges 1:18

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16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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.

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

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.

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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Joshua 11:22

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Judges 16:21

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"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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Joshua 15:45-47

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"Ekron, with her towns and her villages:"

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Judges 16:1-2

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"Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her."

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From This Chapter

Judges 1:1

"Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?"

Judges 1:2

"And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."

Judges 1:3

"And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him."

Judges 1:4

"And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men."

Judges 1:5

"And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."

Judges 1:6

"But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes."

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