Judges 1:18-19
Josh 11:22, Josh 13:3, Josh 15:45-47; 1Sam 6:17 Also Judah There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης. "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 sec. 4) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Judg 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 Judg 3:3, Judg 16:1-2, Judg 16:21; Exod 23:31 the Lord Judg 1:2, Judg 6:12-13; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Josh 1:5, Josh 1:9, Josh 14:12; 2Sam 5:10; 2Kgs 18:7; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11, Ps 60:12; Eccl 9:11; Isa 7:14, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14-15; Matt 1:23; Rom 8:31 he drave etc. or he possessed the mountain but could Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them. Judg 1:27-32; Josh 7:12; Matt 14:30-31, Matt 17:19-20; Phil 4:13 chariots Exod 14:7-31; Josh 11:1-9, Josh 17:16-18; Ps 46:9
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