3 (from the branch of the Nile* that is in front of Egypt and up to the border of Ekʹron to the north,+ it used to be reckoned as belonging to the Caʹnaan·ites);+ five axis lords*+ of the Phi·lisʹtines, the Gaʹzites*+ and the Ashʹdod·ites,+ the Ashʹke·lon·ites,+ the Gitʹtites*+ and the Ekʹron·ites;+ and the Avʹvim.+

19 And Jehovah’s spirit became operative upon him,+ so that he went down to Ashʹke·lon+ and struck down thirty men of theirs and took what he stripped off them and gave the outfits to the tellers of the riddle.+ And his anger continued hot, and he went his way up to his father’s house.

5 Baldness+ must come to Gaʹza.+ Ashʹke·lon+ has been put to silence. O remnant of their low plain, how long will you keep making cuts upon yourself?+