And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
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- Great Sea Place
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(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
- Ekron Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Miqne.
- Jabneel Place
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Built by God. (1. ) A town in the north boundary of Judah ( Josh. 15:11 ), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem. Modern identification: Yibna.
- Mount Baalah Place
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Biblical hill. Modern identification: Mughar.
- Shikkeron Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Ful.