It is remarkable that Ashdod is not mentioned here, as it is in Joshua 15:46-47, in conjunction with Gaza and Ekron; but that Askelon, which is not…

Took Gaza ... Askelon ... Ekron. — Three of the five Philistine chief cities, to which the Septuagint adds Ashdod (Azotus). In Jos…

Also Judah took Gaza, with the coast thereof
Which by lot fell to that tribe, (Joshua 15:47); it was not…

The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they suffe…