^{5 Ref} See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,

^{6 Ref} And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.

^{7 Ref} And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.