Ashdod
ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five
chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold
or fortress, and its strength may be inferred by the fact
that Psammetik I, of Egypt, besieged it for many years
(Herodotus says 29). Some of the Anakim were found there in
the days of Joshua (Josh 11:22), and the inhabitants w...
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A city of the Philistines
Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:17; Am 3:9
-Anakim inhabit
Jos 11:22
-Assigned to Judah
Jos 15:47
-Dagon's temple in, where the ark of the covenant was put
temporarily
1Sa 5
-Conquest of, by Uzziah
2Ch 26:6
-Conquest by Tartan
Isa 20:1
-People of, conspire against the Jews
Ne 4:7,8
-Jews intermarry with
Ne 13:23,24
-Proph...
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(a stronghold), Ac 8:40 one of the five confederate cities of
the Philistines situated about 30 miles from the southern
frontier of Israel, three from the Mediterranean Sea, and
nearly midway between Gaza and Joppa. It was assigned to the
tribe of Judah, Jos 15:47 but was never subdued by the
Israelites. Its chief importance arose from its pos...
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stronghold, a Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway
between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the
Mediterranean. It
was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon
(1 Sam. 5:5).
It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:47), but
it never
came into their actual possession. It was an
important city, as
it stood on the highroad from...
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ASHDOD or AZOTUS. ("fortress".) Now Esdud. On a commanding
height. One of the five confederate Philistine cities, 30
miles from the S. of Israel, three from the
Mediterranean, midway between Gaza and Joppa. A seat of the
worship of (See DAGON; there the idol fell before God's
captive ark, the head and palms cut off, and only the fishy
stump (...
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the
land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains
of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof,
and the oppressed in the midst thereof....
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Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns
and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea,
and the border [thereof]:...
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- And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land
of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and
Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,...
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And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold,
Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark
of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place
again....
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