the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UYoshuwa 19:43
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thimnathah: Genesis 38:12, Judges 14:1, Judges 14:2, 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. Joshua 15:45, 1 Samuel 5:10, Amos 1:8
Reciprocal: Joshua 15:11 - Ekron
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Elon,.... Of Elon no mention is made elsewhere;
and Thimnathah is a different place from Timnah in the tribe of Judah,
Joshua 15:10. Jerom s speaks of the Thamnitic country, so called from the village Thamna, which seems to be this;
and Ekron was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, and never possessed by the Israelites; it first fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, and afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 15:45.
s De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 43. Thimnathah — Probably the same as Timnah. Joshua 15:57.
Ekron — A well-known city of the Philistines and the metropolis of one of their five dynasties,
