³ the area from the Shihor River [^CWadi el-Arish located below Gaza] ·at the border [east; ^Lin front] of Egypt ·to [^Lto the border of] Ekron in the north, which ·belongs to the Canaanites [^Lis regarded/counted as Canaanite]; the five Philistine ·leaders [rulers; lords] at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the Avvites,

¹⁷ The Philistines had sent these gold ·models [likenesses; images] of the ·growths [tumors] as ·penalty [guilt] offerings to the Lord. They sent one ·model [likeness; image] for each Philistine town: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron [^Cthe five chief cities of Philistia].