“And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.”
I will take the blood from their mouths, and the abominations from between their teeth, and those who remain shall be for our God, even as a clan in Judah, and Ekron like the Jebusites. This remarkable promise of salvation for the remnant of the Philistines suggests that God's redemptive purposes extend even to Israel's ancient enemies, transforming them through removal of idolatrous practices ("blood" and "abominations"). The comparison to the Jebusites (who were incorporated into Judean society) indicates that former enemies will be integrated into God's covenant people. This verse reveals the universality of God's redemptive intention, extending even to those historically opposed to Israel.
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