List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely, those of …

Ekron, Ashdod, and Gaza are all identified. Observe that the Philistine territory is assigned to Judah here.

From Ekron even unto the sea
The Mediterranean sea, or the west, as the Targum:

all that [lay] ne…

Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not find Bethlehem here, which later became the city of David and was ennobled by the birth of our…