Text: Judges 1:18
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 13:2
Subject: Philistine territory unconquered
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Joshua 13:2 identifies the Philistine territory as land that "remains" (נִשְׁאֶרֶת, nish'eret) unconquered, listing the regions still held by Israel's enemies. Judges 1:18 reports that Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron -- three of the five Philistine cities -- suggesting partial fulfillment of what Joshua 13 left incomplete. The tension between these texts highlights the incompleteness of the conquest: what Joshua catalogued as remaining territory Judges shows being only partially subdued, since Judges 1:19 immediately qualifies that Judah could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains due to their iron chariots.