"... The fluidity of geographical details was not overtly apparent when we examined the Masoretic text alone, but comparison between the Septuagint and MT shows that they could be altered to some degree. The Masoretic text of verse 52 says that the Israelites pursued the Philistines, (‘as far as the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron and the slain Philistines fell on the road of Shaarayim and as far as Gath and as far as Ekron’). The Greek on the other hand says(‘as far as the entrance to Geth and as far as the Gate of Ascalon, and the wounds of the allophyles fell on the way of the gates, even as far as Geth and as far as Akkaron). The interchange between ‘Shaarayim’ and ‘the gates’ could be explained as the result of translating Hebrew to Greek. Although there is some significant difference between גת (Hebrew transliteration of Geth) and גיא (‘valley’), a translation error is also possible here. However, the interchange of Ekron and Ashkelon, another Philistine city, indicates a conscious flexibility of geography. Ekron and Ashkelon were both Philistine cities and, therefore, there is little change in the overall meaning of the verse. The change demonstrates a lack of precision in geographical locations such as required in modern historiography ..."