Joshua 13:3
New English Translation
3 from the Shihor River[a] east of[b] Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory),[c] including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land[d]
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- Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
- Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “in front of.”
- Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
- Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
1 Samuel 6:17
New English Translation
17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord—one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
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Amos 3:9
New English Translation
Samaria Will Fall
9 Make this announcement in[a] the fortresses of Ashdod
and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt.
Say this:
“Gather on the hills around Samaria![b]
Observe the many acts of violence[c] taking place within the city,[d]
the oppressive deeds[e] occurring in it.”[f]
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- Amos 3:9 tn Heb “on” or “over” (also later in this verse).
- Amos 3:9 sn Samaria might refer here both to the region and to the capital city (later known as Sebaste). On the other hand, there actually are hills that surround the mound upon which the city was built. The implication is that the nations can come and sit and see from those hills the sin of the capital city and its judgment.
- Amos 3:9 tn The Hebrew noun carries the nuance of “panic” or “confusion.” Here it refers metonymically to the violent deeds that terrorize the oppressed.
- Amos 3:9 tn Heb “in her midst” (so NAB, NASB); cf. NIV “among her people.”
- Amos 3:9 tn The translation assumes the form is an abstract plural (see Job 35:9; Eccl 4:1). Another option is to understand the form as a substantival passive participle and translate, “the oppressed” (so KJV).
- Amos 3:9 tn Heb “within her.”
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