כִּ֤י עַזָּה֙ עֲזוּבָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לִשְׁמָמָ֑ה אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָ וְעֶקְר֖וֹן תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ (ס)
Sebab Gaza akan ditinggalkan, dan Askelon akan menjadi sunyi sepi; Asdod akan diusir orang pada tengah hari, dan Ekron akan dicabut sampai ke akarnya.
Megillah
R. Abbahu said: “Ekron shall be rooted up” (Zephaniah 2:4); this is Caesarea the daughter of Edom, which is situated among the sands, and which was a thorn in the side of Israel in the days of the Greeks. When the House of the Hasmoneans grew powerful and conquered them, they called it “The capture of the tower of Shir.”
Megillah
R. Yitzchak said: “Ekron shall be rooted out”: this is Caesarea, the daughter of Edom, which was a metropolis of kings. There are those who say that this means that kings were brought up there. And there are those that say that kings were appointed from there.