Ekron
ek'-ron, ek'-ron-it 'eqron, "migration," "rooting out";
Akkaron): The most northerly of the chief cities of the
Philistines. It was not subdued by Joshua (13:3) but was
allotted, in the division of the land, first to Judah and
then to Dan (Josh 15:11,45,46; 19:43). It was taken by Judah
(Jdg 1:18). The people of Ekron are prominent in the...
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One of the five chief cities of the Philistines
Jos 13:3
-Conquered and allotted to Judah
Jos 15:11,45; Jud 1:18
-Allotted to Dan
Jos 19:43
-The Ark of God taken to
1Sa 5:10
-Temple of Baal-zebub at
2Ki 1:2
-Prophecies against
Jer 25:20; Am 1:8; Zep 2:4; Zec 9:5...
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(torn up by the roots; emigration), one of the five towns
belonging to the lords of the Philistines, and the most
northerly of the five. Jos 13:3 Like the other Philistine
cities its situation was in the lowlands. It fell to the lot
of Judah. Jos 15:45,46; Jud 1:18 Afterwards we find it
mentioned among the cities of Dan. Jos 19:43 Before the
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firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to
the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of
Gath. It
was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to
Dan
(19:43), but came again into the full possession of
the
Philistines (1 Sam. 5:10). It was the last place to
which the
Philistines carried the ark before they...
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("the firm rooted".) Most northerly of the five Philistine
lordship cities, farthest from the sea, to the right of the
great road from Egypt northwards to Syria, in the shephelah
(low country). A landmark of Judah on the northern boundary
which ran thence to the sea at Jabneel (Joshua 15:45-46;
Judges 1:18). Afterward in Dan (Joshua 19:43); bu...
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Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with
the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof....
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And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron,
[is it] not because [there is] no God in Israel to enquire of
his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on
which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die....
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And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel
were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the
coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the
Amorites....
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And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and
said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and
say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, [Is it] not because [there
is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to enquire of
Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up...
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