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Ekron 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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Ekron Scripture - Joshua 15:46

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages:...

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Ekron Scripture - 2 Kings 1:16

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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Ekron Scripture - 2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease....

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Ekron Scripture - Joshua 19:43

And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,...

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Ekron in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Ekron Scripture - 1 Samuel 7:14

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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Ekron Scripture - 2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?...

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Ekron Scripture - 1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron....

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Ekron in Naves Topical Bible

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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