From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

From Accaron even to the sea: all places that lie towards Azotus and the villages thereof.

From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.

from Ekron and westward, all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.

From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.

from Ekron, as far as the sea, all that inclines toward Ashdod, and its villages.

Ab Ecron, et ad mare, omnes quae sunt ad latus Asdod, et villae earum.

Ekron - One of the five Philistine lordships; see the note on Joshua 13:3.

From Ekron even unto the sea,.... The Mediterranean sea, or the west, as the Targum:
all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages; this is the Azotus of the New Testament, Acts 8:40, another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which and Ekron See Gill on Amos 1:8 and See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4.

Judah was also to receive "from Ekron westwards all that lay on the side of Ashdod and their (i.e., Ekron's and Ashdod's) villages." The different places in this district are not given, because Judah never actually obtained possession of them.