John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with her towns and, her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages ,.... Gaza was another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which See Gill on Amos 1:7 ; See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4 ; See Gill on Acts 8:26 ; these, with the two other principalities not mentioned, Gath and Ashkelon, were in the western border of the tribe of Judah, which reached from Ekron, the first that is mentioned: unto the river of Egypt ; of which see Joshua 15:4 , and the great sea,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 15:20-63
We have here a list of the several cities that fell within the lot of the tribe of Judah, which are mentioned by name, that they might know their own, and both keep it and keep to it, and might neither through cowardice nor sloth lose the possession of what was their own. I. The cities are here named, and numbered in several classes, which they then could account for the reason of better than we can now. Here are, 1. Some that are said to be the uttermost cities towards the coast of Edom,... read more