Ekron in Easton's Bible Dictionary
firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to
the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of
Gath. It
was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to
Dan
(19:43), but came again into the full possession of
the
Philistines (1 Sam. 5:10). It was the last place to
which the
Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back
to Israel
(1 Sam. 5:10; 6:1-8). There was here a noted sanctuary
of
Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1: 2, 3, 6, 16). Now the small
village Akir.
It is mentioned on monuments in B.C. 702, when
Sennacherib set
free its king, imprisoned by Hezekiah in Jerusalem,
according to
the Assyrian record.
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