Judges 1:18 meaning and explanation
And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
Judges 1:18, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Judah has just been commissioned by the LORD to take the land, and the narrator reports that Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, each with its territory. These are Philistine cities in the coastal plain, so the claim sits in tension with verse 19, which says Judah could not drive out the plains dwellers because they had iron chariots.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.