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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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Ashkelon Scripture - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity....

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Armageddon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the hill or city of Megiddo). Re 16:16 The scene of the struggle of good and evil is suggested by that battle-field, the plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two great victories, of Barak over the Canaanites and of Gideon over the Midianites; and for two great disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence it signifies in Revelation a pl...

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Ashdod in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 Scripture - 1 Samuel 5:5

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day....

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Ashdod Scripture - 1 Samuel 5:1

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod....

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Ashkelon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

=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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Ashkelon Scripture - Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Thanks: Publix weekly ad, Kroger weekly ad, aldi ad, Walgreens weekly ad...

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Ariel Scripture - Isaiah 29:7

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision....

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