³ from the Shihor which is ^[a]east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the ^(A)five governors of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite

³ These nations are: the five governors of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians, and ^(A)the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as ^[a]Lebo-hamath.

¹⁷ Now ^(A)these are the gold tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron; ¹⁸ and the gold mice, corresponding to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five governors, ^(B)both of fortified cities and of country villages. ^(C)The large ^[a]stone on which they placed the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.