Topic
Ashdod
24 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:47Easton · ISBE · Nave Assigned to Judah
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
- 2 Chronicles 26:6Easton · ISBE · Nave Conquest of, by Uzziah
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
- Isaiah 20:1Easton · ISBE · Nave Conquest by Tartan
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
- Acts 8:40Easton · ISBE · Nave Called AZOTUS
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
- Joshua 11:22ISBE · Nave Anakim inhabit
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
- Joshua 13:3ISBE · Nave A city of the Philistines
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Nehemiah 13:23ISBE · Nave Jews intermarry with
¶ In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
- Nehemiah 13:24ISBE · Nave Jews intermarry with
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
- Jeremiah 25:20ISBE · Nave Prophecies concerning
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
- Zephaniah 2:4ISBE · Nave Prophecies concerning
¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
- Zechariah 9:6ISBE · Nave Prophecies concerning
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Joshua 15:46ISBE
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
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- 1 Samuel 5:1 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 5:1–12 Nave Dagon's temple in, where the ark of the covenant was put temporarily
- 1 Samuel 5:2 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 5:5 Easton
- 1 Samuel 6:17 Nave A city of the Philistines
- Nehemiah 4:7 Nave People of, conspire against the Jews
- Nehemiah 4:8 Nave People of, conspire against the Jews
- Amos 1:8 Nave Prophecies concerning
- Amos 3:9 Nave A city of the Philistines
- Amos 9:1–15 Nave Prophecies concerning
- 1 Maccabees 5:68 ISBE
- 1 Maccabees 10:84 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
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 Egypt to Palestine, and hence was strongly fortified (2 Chr. 26:6; Isa. 20:1). Uzziah took it, but fifty years after his death it was taken by the Assyrians (B.C. 758). According to Sargon’s record, it was captured by him in B.C. 711. The only reference to it in the New Testament, where it is called Azotus, is in the account of Philip’s return from Gaza (Acts 8:40). It is now called Eshdud.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold or fortress, and its strength may be inferred by the fact that Psammetik I, of Egypt, besieged it for many years (Herodotus says 29). Some of the Anakim were found there in the days of Joshua (Jos 11:22), and the inhabitants were too strong for the Israelites at that time. It was among the towns assigned to Judah, but was not occupied by her (Jos 13:3; 15:46,47). It was still independent in the days of Samuel, when, after the defeat of the Israelites, the ark was taken to the house of Dagon in Ashdod (1Sa 5:1,2). We have no account of its being occupied even by David, although he defeated the Philistines many times, and we have no definite knowledge of its coming into the hands of Judah until the time of Uzziah (2Ch 26:6).
Ashdod, like the other Philistine towns, came under the authority of the Assyrian monarchs, and we have mention of it in their records. It revolted against Sargon in 711 BC, and deposed the Assyrian governor, Akhimiti, who had been appointed by him in 720. Sargon at once dispatched a force to subdue the rebels and the city was severely punished. This is referred to by Isaiah (Isa 20:1). Amos had prophesied such a calamity some years before (1:8), and Jeremiah refers to "the remnant of Ashdod" as though it had continued weak until his day (Jer 25:20). Zephaniah (Ze 2:4) refers to the desolation of Ashdod and Zechariah to its degraded condition (Zec 9:6). It continued to be inhabited, however, for we find the Jews intermarried with them after the return from Babylon (Ne 13:23,24). In the Maccabean period we are told that Judas and Jonathan both took it and purified it of idolatry (1 Macc 5:68; 10:84). In these passages it is called Azotus, as it is also in the New Testament (Ac 8:40). In the 4th century AD it became the seat of a bishopric. It had been restored in the time of Herod, by the Roman general Gabinius, and was presented to Salome, the sister of Herod, by the emperor Augustus. It is now a small village about 18 miles Northeast of Gaza.
H. Porter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 18 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A city of the Philistines Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:17; Am 3:9
- → Anakim inhabit Jos 11:22
- → Assigned to Judah Jos 15:47
- → Dagon's temple in, where the ark of the covenant was put temporarily 1Sa 5
- → Conquest of, by Uzziah 2Ch 26:6
- → Conquest by Tartan Isa 20:1
- → People of, conspire against the Jews Ne 4:7,8
- → Jews intermarry with Ne 13:23,24
- → Prophecies concerning Jer 25:20; Am 1:8; 9; Zep 2:4; Zec 9:6
- → Called AZOTUS Ac 8:40
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.