22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
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And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod,(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)We have here the conclusion of this whole matter. I. A short account is here given of what was done in four things:—1. The obstinacy of the Canaanites in their opposition to the Israelites. It was strange that though it appeared so manifestly that God fought for Israel, and in every engagement the Canaanites had the worst of it, yet they stood it out to the last; not one city made peace with Israe…
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