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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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Ashkelon in Naves Topical Bible

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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Ashkelon Scripture - Amos 1:8

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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Armageddon in Naves Topical Bible

A symbolical name Re 16:16...

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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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Ashdod Scripture - Zechariah 9:6

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines....

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Ashkelon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

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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