23 And (A)the Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza—(B)the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.)

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(A)from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the (B)five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also (C)the Avites;

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14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (A)(from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

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Are you not like the [a]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (A)Philistines from (B)Caphtor,[b]
And the Syrians from (C)Kir?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:7 Lit. sons of the Ethiopians
  2. Amos 9:7 Crete

Because of the day that comes to plunder all the (A)Philistines,
To cut off from (B)Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
(C)The remnant of the country of (D)Caphtor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:4 Crete

20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of (A)the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (B)Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and (C)the remnant of Ashdod);

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26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (A)the boundaries of their dwellings,

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  1. Acts 17:26 NU omits blood

Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And (A)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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Judgment on Nations

For (A)Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod (B)at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.

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24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side of [a]the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over (A)all the kings on this side of the River; and (B)he had peace on every side all around him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:24 The Euphrates

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