SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:18
Tomó también Judá a Gaza con su término, y a Ascalón con su término, y a Ecrón con su término.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 1:18
Verse 18. Judah took Gaza-and Askelon-and Ekron] There is a most remarkable variation here in the Septuagint; I shall set down the verse: kai ouk eklhronomhsen ioudav thn gazan, oude ta oria authv oude thn askalwna, oude ta oria authv kai thn akkarwn, oude ta oria authv thn azwton, oude ta perisporia authv kai hn kuriov meta iouda. "But Judah DID NOT possess Gaza, NOR the coast thereof; neither Askelon, nor the coasts thereof, neither Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; neither Azotus, nor its adjacent places: and the Lord was with Judah." This is the reading of the Vatican and other copies of the Septuagint: but the Alexandrian MS., and the text of the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots, agree more nearly with the Hebrew text. St. Augustine and Procopius read the same as, the Vatican MS.; and Josephus expressly says that the Israelites took only Askelon and Azotus, but did not take Gaza nor Ekron; and the whole history shows that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines; and if the Israelites did take them at this time, as the Hebrew text states, they certainly lost them in a very short time after.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. Also Judah took Gaza, with the coast thereof , etc.] Which by lot fell to that tribe, ( Joshua 15:47); it was not till now subdued: and Ashkelon with the coast thereof ; which, according to our countryman Sandys f16 , was ten miles from Gaza: and Ekron with the coast thereof ; this also is the lot that fell to Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 15:45 19:43); for whom Judah now fought and took it; but in a short time all these places were retaken, and possessed by the Philistines, and were three of their five principalities which they ever after retained, (see Judges 3:3 Samuel 6:16).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-20 - The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side whose chariots are thousands of angels, Ps 68:17. Yet they suffere their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jo 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fi where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that moleste none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shal inherit the earth.
Original Hebrew
וילכד 3920 יהודה 3063 את 853 עזה 5804 ואת 853 גבולה 1366 ואת 853 אשׁקלון 831 ואת 853 גבולה 1366 ואת 853 עקרון 6138 ואת 853 גבולה׃ 1366
