2 Chronicles 26:6 (KJV)

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And he went forth and warred against the Philistines and brake down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod and built cities about Ashdod and among the Philistines

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warred against. 2Ch 21:16 Isa 14:29

the wall of Gath. 2Sa 8:1 1Ch 18:1

about. or, in the country of. 1Sa 5:1 1Sa 5:6

Jabneh.Jabneh, or Jamnia, was given to the tribe of Dan; and was situated between Lydda and Azotus. It is now called Yebna, and is described as "a village about twelve miles distant from Jaffa, (Joppa,) in a fine open plain, surrounded by hills, and covered by herbage. On sloping hills of easy ascent, by which the plains were bordered, Yebna, Ekron, Ashdod, and Askalon were in sight."

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