Ashkelon
ask'-ke-lon, esh'-ka-lon, as'-ke-lon (the King James Version
Eshkalon, (Eshkalonites; Josh 13:3); Askelon, (Jdg 1:18; 1
Sam 6:17; 2 Sam 1:20); 'ashqelon; modern Askelan): A
maritime town between Jaffa and Gaza, one of the five chief
cities of the Philistines. The Ashkelonites are mentioned by
Joshua (Josh 13:3), and the city was taken by the t...
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Also called ASKELON
-One of the five chief cities of the Philistines
Jos 13:3
-Captured by the people of Judah
Jud 1:18
-Samson kills thirty men of
Jud 14:19
-Emerods (tumors, R. V.) of
1Sa 6:17
-Prophecies concerning
Jer 25:20; 47:5,7; Am 1:8; Zep 2:4,7; Zec 9:5...
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Apocrypha As'calon (migration), one of the five cities of the
Philistines, Jos 113:3; 1Sa 6:17 a seaport on the
Mediterranean, 10 miles north of Gaza. Samson went down from
Timnath to Ashkelon. Jud 14:19 In the post-biblical times
Ashkelon rose to considerable importance. Near the town were
the temple and sacred lake of Derceto, the Syrian Ven...
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=Askelon=Ascalon, was one of the five cities of the
Philistines
(Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:17). It stood on the shore of
the
Mediterranean, 12 miles north of Gaza. It is
mentioned on an
inscription at Karnak in Egypt as having been taken
by king
Rameses II., the oppressor of the Hebrews. In the
time of the
judges (Judg. 1:18) it fell into the ...
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Askelon, Ascalon. One of the five Philistine lords' cities
(Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17). Remote in the S. on the coast
of the Mediterranean, so less brought into contact with the
Jews; omitted in the towns allotted to Judah (Joshua 15; but
compare Judges 1:18). Gaza was still more S., but on the
main road from Egypt to Israel. Samson slew thir...
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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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How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge
against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he
appointed it....
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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to
Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil,
and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the
riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his
father's house....
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that
holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand
against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall
perish, saith the Lord GOD....
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