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Ashdod Scripture - Zephaniah 2:4

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up....

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Ashdod Scripture - Isaiah 20:1

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;...

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Ashdod in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Ashdod Scripture - Jeremiah 25:20

- 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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Ashdod Scripture - Nehemiah 13:23

In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:...

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Ashdod in Naves Topical Bible

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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Ashdod Scripture - 1 Samuel 5:3

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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Ashdod Scripture - 1 Samuel 5:7

And when the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god....

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Ashdod in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Ashdod Scripture - Nehemiah 13:24

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people....

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