Ashkelon(askelon)
אַשְׁקְלוֹן/ASH-ke-lon/
“Migration or fire of infamy”
Summary
One of the five principal Philistine cities on the Mediterranean coast, captured briefly by Judah but later a center of Philistine power.
☩Philistine Stronghold
Ashkelon was a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast between Gaza and Ashdod. While Judah briefly captured it during the conquest, it soon reverted to Philistine control. Samson killed thirty men there to pay his debt. The prophets pronounced judgment against it along with the other Philistine cities.
Key verses:Judges 1:18Judges 14:19Amos 1:8Zephaniah 2:4-7
Related Verses12 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Ashkelon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Ashkelon," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).