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EKRON, Conquered and allotted to Judah

Joshua 15:11-45

11. and the border went out to the side of EKRON northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12. The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
13. He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14. Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15. He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16. Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife."
17. Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
18. When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, "What do you want?"
19. She said, "Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water."So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21. The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22. Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23. Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24. Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25. Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (also called Hazor),
26. Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27. Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28. Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29. Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
30. Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31. Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32. Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
33. In the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
34. Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35. Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
36. Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
37. Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
38. Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
39. Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40. Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
41. Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42. Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43. Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44. Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45. EKRON, with its towns and its villages;

Judges 1:18

Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and EKRON with its border.