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Ashdod

Ashdod (Biblical Place • 31.803°N, 34.635°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Sam 5:1 , 1 Sam 5:3 . It is closely linked with Ashdod's (Biblical Place • Ashdod • 31.803°N, 34.635°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Zeph 2:4 (identified with Ashdod).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ) (Generation 12 • Messianic Line • Child of Shem ): Arpachshad (or Arphaxad) is a biblical figure in Generation 12 of the Messianic Line , child of Shem , parent of Shelah . ( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 , Luke 3:36 ) (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , 1 Chronicles 1 ) Joshua (Generation 33 • Child of Nun (or Non )): ( 1 Chronicles 7:27 ) This is the Joshua , son of Nun, who was Moses ' servant ( Exodus 33:11 ) and who brought the Israelites into their Land ( Joshua 6:6 ). He was 110 years old ( Joshua 24:29 ) (mentioned in Exodus 17 , Exodus 24 , Exodus 32 ) Asa (Generation 37 • Messianic Line • Child of Abijah ): Asa is a biblical figure in Generation 37 of the Messianic Line, child of Abijah , parent of Jehoshaphat . ( 1 Chronicles 3:10 , Matthew 1:7 ) (mentioned in 1 Kings 15 , 1 Kings 16 , 1 Kings 22 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ashdod (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Sam 5:1 , 1 Sam 5:3 .) Ashdod's (Ancient biblical location referenced in Zeph 2:4 (identified with Ashdod ).) Azotus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 (identified with Ashdod).) Paphos (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tel Lachish Archaeological Site — 3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish ( Tel Lachish )—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 20:1 : "In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod , (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod , and took it;"; 1 Samuel 5:6 : "But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof."; 2 Chronicles 26:6 : "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 ...". Related canonical books and chapters: 1 Samuel 5 ( 1 Samuel • Chapter 5 (12 verses)), Joshua 11 ( Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)), Zephaniah (Old Testament • 3 Chapters).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Ashdod
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.803°N, 34.635°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Sam 5:1 , 1 Sam 5:3 .

Ashdod's
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Ashdod • 31.803°N, 34.635°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Zeph 2:4 (identified with Ashdod ).

1 Samuel 5
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1 Samuel • Chapter 5 (12 verses)

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod . When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ashdod, Gath , Ekron .

Azotus
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Biblical Place • Ashdod • 31.803°N, 34.635°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 (identified with Ashdod ).

Joshua 11
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Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .

Zephaniah
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 3 Chapters

Zephaniah (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Zephaniah, Amariah , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Baal . Key places: Jerusalem , Baal , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron . Opens with: "The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah , the son of Hizkiah, in the days of..."

Zephaniah 2
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Zephaniah • Chapter 2 (15 verses)

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth... Mentions: Canaan , Judah , Moab , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron .

Amos 1
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Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)

The words of Amos , who was among the herdmen of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel , two years before the earthquake. And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion , and utter his voice ... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel, Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Joash , Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus .

1 Samuel 6
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1 Samuel • Chapter 6 (21 verses)

And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. And they said, If ye send away the ark of the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Abel , Ekron , Ashdod , Gaza , Ashkelon , Gath .

2 Chronicles 26
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 26 (23 verses)

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah , who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah . He built Eloth , and restored it to Judah , after that the king slept with his fathers. Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fift... Mentions: Judah, Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Zechariah , Ammonites , Eloth , Jerusalem , Gath , Jabneh , Ashdod .

Amos 3
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Amos • Chapter 3 (15 verses)

Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel , against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt , saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. Can two walk togeth... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Ashdod , Samaria , Damascus .

Isaiah 20
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Isaiah • Chapter 20 (6 verses)

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod , (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod , and took it; At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And ... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Ashdod, Assyria , Egypt , Ethiopia .

Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah • Chapter 13 (31 verses)

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaa... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zadok , Pedaiah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Tyre , Ashdod , Ammon .

1 Samuel
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 31 Chapters

1 Samuel (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Ephraim , Elkanah , Jeroham , Zuph , Eli , Phinehas . Key places: Ephraim , Shiloh , Ramah 1 , Egypt , Dan , Aphek 2 . Opens with: "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah , the son of Jeroham , the son of Elihu, the son o..."

Jeremiah 25
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Jeremiah • Chapter 25 (38 verses)

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabita... Mentions: Judah, Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Amon , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Ashkelon , Gaza .

Nehemiah 4
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Nehemiah • Chapter 4 (23 verses)

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria , and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice... Mentions: Ammonites , Judah , Samaria , Jerusalem .

Joshua 15
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Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: And... Mentions: Judah , Esau (Edom), Hezron , Reuben , Caleb , Edom, Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Azmon .

Zechariah 9
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Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .

Paphos
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.754°N, 32.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .

Arpachshad (or Arphaxad)
69% Messianic Line
Generation 12 • Messianic Line • Child of Shem

Arpachshad (or Arphaxad) is a biblical figure in Generation 12 of the Messianic Line , child of Shem , parent of Shelah . ( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 , Luke 3:36 )

Joshua
69% Gen 33
Generation 33 • Child of Nun (or Non)

( 1 Chronicles 7:27 ) This is the Joshua, son of Nun , who was Moses ' servant ( Exodus 33:11 ) and who brought the Israelites into their Land ( Joshua 6:6 ). He was 110 years old ( Joshua 24:29 )

Asa
68% Messianic Line
Generation 37 • Messianic Line • Child of Abijah

Asa is a biblical figure in Generation 37 of the Messianic Line , child of Abijah , parent of Jehoshaphat . ( 1 Chronicles 3:10 , Matthew 1:7 )

עֵדֶן
Eden
H5731 Hebrew
Eden, delight, primeval paradise

Eden, delight, primeval paradise. Eden, delight; primeval location of human paradise and pristine sanctuary where river branched into four headwaters.

2 Esdras 16
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2 Esdras • Chapter 16 (78 verses)

Woe to you, Babylon , and Asia ! woe to you, Egypt , and Syria ! Gird up yourselves with sackcloth and garments of hair, and bewail your children, and lament; for your destruction is at hand. A sword is sent upon you, and who is he that may turn it back? Mentions: Babylon , Asia , Egypt , Syria .

פְּדוּת
pedut
H6304 Hebrew
redemption, division, distinction

redemption, division, distinction. Ransom, deliverance, set-apart distinction; God putting a division/redemption between His people and Egyptians during plagues (Exodus 8:23; Psalm 111:9).

Judges
62% Old Testament
Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."

Isaiah 21
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Isaiah • Chapter 21 (17 verses)

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Media ; all th... Mentions: Elam , Jacob/Israel , Media , Babylon , Dumah 1 , Seir .

Interactive 3D Archaeological Tell • Joshua 10:31 & 2 Kings 18:14

3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).

Joshua 18
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Joshua • Chapter 18 (28 verses)

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh , and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua , Judah , Joseph , Gad , Shiloh , Jordan , Jericho , Luz 1 , Ataroth 1 .

Shem
60% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

שַׂר
sar
H8269 Hebrew
prince, ruler, chief captain

prince, ruler, chief captain. Prince, chieftain, commander of army; Messianic title 'Prince of Peace' (Sar Shalom, Isaiah 9:6) and the celestial Commander of the army of the LORD (Joshua 5:14).

רָשָׁע
rasa
H7563 Hebrew
wicked, guilty, ungodly

wicked, guilty, ungodly. Wicked, guilty, hostile to God and community; one condemned in judgment, living in active rebellion against divine Torah.

Judah
59% Messianic Line
Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

נָחָשׁ
nahas
H5175 Hebrew
serpent, snake, adversary

serpent, snake, adversary. Serpent, deceptive animal adversary in Eden through whom Satan deceived humanity, destined to have head crushed by woman's seed (Genesis 3:15).

Ezekiel 27
58% Chapter
Ezekiel • Chapter 27 (36 verses)

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre ; And say unto Tyre , O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of p... Mentions: Lud , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Haran , Tyre, Senir , Lebanon , Bashan , Kittim .

Nahshon
58% Messianic Line
Generation 28 • Messianic Line • Child of Amminidab

Nahshon is a biblical figure in Generation 28 of the Messianic Line , child of Amminidab , parent of Salma (or Salmon ). ( Ruth 4:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:10 )

Scripture Passages (24)

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod , (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod , and took it;

1 Samuel 5:6 (KJV)
1 Samuel 5 KJV

But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod , and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

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.

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

1 Samuel 5:1 (KJV)
1 Samuel 5 KJV

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod .

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod , and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod , of Ammon , and of Moab :

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Joshua 11:22 (KJV)
Joshua 11 KJV

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.

1 Samuel 5:5 (KJV)
1 Samuel 5 KJV

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

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.

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:

And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

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 Gaza , and Ekron , and the remnant of Ashdod ,

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.

1 Samuel 5:3 (KJV)
1 Samuel 5 KJV

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

1 Samuel 5:7 (KJV)
1 Samuel 5 KJV

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod , and in the palaces in the land of Egypt , and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria , and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites , and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

And then the coast turneth to Ramah , and to the strong city Tyre ; and the coast turneth to Hosah ; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib :

How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon , and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

And it was told Holofernes, the chief captain of the host of Asshur , that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the plains:

And the coast of Og king of Bashan , which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei ,

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