Ashkelon

Ashkelon [E]

• Also called ASKELON

• One of the five chief cities of the Philistines
  Joshua 13:3

• Captured by the people of Judah
  Judges 1:18

• Samson kills thirty men of
  Judges 14:19

• Emerods (tumors, RSV) of
  1 Samuel 6:17

• Prophecies concerning
  Jeremiah 25:20 ; Jeremiah 47:5 Jeremiah 47:7 ; Amos 1:8 ; Zephaniah 2:4 Zephaniah 2:7 ; Zechariah 9:5

[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Bibliography Information

Nave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Ashkelon'". "Nave's Topical Bible". . 1896.