Zechariah 9:6

Zechariah 9:6. And a bastard shall dwell, &c.— And a foreigner or alien shall dwell, &c. Houbigant.

In Ashdod— Ashdod, or Azotus, was burned and destroyed by Jonathan brother of Judas Maccabeus, and nearly eight thousand of its men burned or slain. 1Ma 10:84-85. These were, probably, what was meant by "the pride of the Philistines," the prime or excellency of the ancient inhabitants, in whose room the strangers were introduced.