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Azotus

Azotus (Biblical Place • Ashdod • 31.803°N, 34.635°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 (identified with Ashdod ). It is closely linked with The First Book of the Maccabees 11 ( The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)): And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ahaz (Generation 45 • Messianic Line • Child of Jotham ): Ahaz is a biblical figure in Generation 45 of the Messianic Line , child of Jotham , parent of Hezekiah . ( 1 Chronicles 3:13 , Matthew 1:9 ) (mentioned in 2 Kings 15 , 2 Kings 16 , 2 Kings 17 ) Jotham (Generation 44 • Messianic Line • Child of Azariah (or Uzziah )): Jotham is a biblical figure in Generation 44 of the Messianic Line, child of Azariah (or Uzziah), parent of Ahaz. ( 1 Chronicles 3:12 , Matthew 1:9 ) (mentioned in Judges 9 , 2 Kings 15 , 2 Kings 16 ) Azor (Generation 56 • Messianic Line • Child of Eliakim ): Azor is a biblical figure in Generation 56 of the Messianic Line, child of Eliakim , parent of Zadoc . ( Matthew 1:13 ) (mentioned in Matthew 1 ) Azariah (or Uzziah) (Generation 43 • Messianic Line • Child of Amaziah ): Azariah (or Uzziah) is a biblical figure in Generation 43 of the Messianic Line, child of Amaziah , parent of Jotham. ( 1 Chronicles 3:12 , Matthew 1:8 ) (mentioned in 1 Kings 4 , 2 Kings 14 , 2 Kings 15 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Azotus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 (identified with Ashdod ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 8:40 : "But Philip was found at Azotus : and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea ."; AP.1MA 16:10: "and they fled to the towers that are in the fields of Azotus ; and he burned it with fire; and there fell of them about two thousand men. And he returned into Judaea in peace."; AP.1MA 10:78: "And he pursued after him to Azotus, and the armies joined battle.". Related canonical books and chapters: The First Book of the Maccabees 11 ( The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)), Acts 8 ( Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)), The First Book of the Maccabees 4 (The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (61 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

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

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

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)

And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .

Acts 8
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (61 verses)

And Gorgias took five thousand footmen, and a thousand chosen horse, and the army removed by night, that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men of the citadel were his guides. And Judas heard thereof, and removed, he and the valiant men, tha... Mentions: Judas , Jacob/Israel , David , Jonathan , Saul , Emmaus , Azotus , Antioch 1 .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 9 (73 verses)

And Demetrius heard that Nicanor was fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them: and they went by the way that leads to Gilgal , and encamped against Mesaloth, which is i... Mentions: Judah , Judas , Jonathan , Simon , Jacob/Israel , Gilgal 1 , Jerusalem , Berea , Azotus , Jordan .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 16 (24 verses)

And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John , and said to them, I and my brethren and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have p... Mentions: Simon, Judas , Jacob/Israel , Mattathias , Kidron , Azotus , Jericho , Jerusalem .

Judith 2
99% Chapter
Judith • Chapter 2 (28 verses)

And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, that he should be avenged on all the land, even as he spoke. And he called together all his servants, and all his great men, and communic... Mentions: Asshur , Lud , Ishmael , Japheth , Midian , Nineveh , Cilicia , Euphrates .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 5 (68 verses)

And it came to pass, when the Gentiles round about heard that the altar was built, and the sanctuary dedicated as aforetime, they were exceeding angry. And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the p... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judas , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Simon , Esau, Jazer , Gilead , Galilee .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (89 verses)

And in the hundred and sixties year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais : and they received him, and he reigned there. And king Demetrius heard thereof, and he gathered together exceeding great forces, and went forth to meet him in ... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Ptolemais , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Egypt .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 14 (49 verses)

And in the hundred and seventy and second year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media , to get him help, that he might fight against Tryphon. And Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media , heard that Demetrius was come into his borders, and he sent one of hi... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judas , Mattathias , Media, Persia , Joppa , Rome , Jerusalem .

Ahaz
78% Messianic Line
Generation 45 • Messianic Line • Child of Jotham

Ahaz is a biblical figure in Generation 45 of the Messianic Line , child of Jotham , parent of Hezekiah . ( 1 Chronicles 3:13 , Matthew 1:9 )

Jotham
76% Messianic Line
Generation 44 • Messianic Line • Child of Azariah (or Uzziah)

Jotham is a biblical figure in Generation 44 of the Messianic Line , child of Azariah (or Uzziah ), parent of Ahaz . ( 1 Chronicles 3:12 , Matthew 1:9 )

Azor
73% Messianic Line
Generation 56 • Messianic Line • Child of Eliakim

Azor is a biblical figure in Generation 56 of the Messianic Line , child of Eliakim , parent of Zadoc . ( Matthew 1:13 )

Azariah (or Uzziah)
72% Messianic Line
Generation 43 • Messianic Line • Child of Amaziah

Azariah (or Uzziah) is a biblical figure in Generation 43 of the Messianic Line , child of Amaziah , parent of Jotham . ( 1 Chronicles 3:12 , Matthew 1:8 )

Ahimaaz
72% Gen 37
Generation 37 • Child of Zadok

Ahimaaz is a biblical figure in Generation 37, child of Zadok , parent of Azariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:8 , 6:53 )

Zadok
70% Gen 36
Generation 36 • Child of Ahitub

Zadok is a biblical figure in Generation 36, child of Ahitub , parent of Ahimaaz . ( 1 Chronicles 6:8 , 6:53 )

Amos
69% Old Testament
Old Testament • 9 Chapters

Amos (Old Testament, 9 chapters). Key figures: Amos, Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Joash , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus , Gilead . Opens with: "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 o..."

Ahaziah
68% Messianic Line
Generation 40 • Messianic Line • Child of Joram

Ahaziah is a biblical figure in Generation 40 of the Messianic Line , child of Joram , parent of Joash . ( 1 Chronicles 3:11 )

עֲזָאזֵל
azazel
H5799 Hebrew
Azazel, scapegoat, removal

Azazel, scapegoat, removal. Azazel, scapegoat; live goat on Yom Kippur upon whose head sins were confessed, sent into wilderness typifying total removal of guilt.

Amaziah
67% Messianic Line
Generation 42 • Messianic Line • Child of Joash

Amaziah is a biblical figure in Generation 42 of the Messianic Line , child of Joash , parent of Azariah (or Uzziah ). ( 1 Chronicles 3:12 )

Zadoc
66% Messianic Line
Generation 57 • Messianic Line • Child of Azor

Zadoc is a biblical figure in Generation 57 of the Messianic Line , child of Azor , parent of Achim . ( Matthew 1:14 )

Ahitub
65% Gen 35
Generation 35 • Child of Amariah

Ahitub is a biblical figure in Generation 35, child of Amariah , parent of Zadok . ( 1 Chronicles 6:7 , 6:52 )

Joash
65% Messianic Line
Generation 41 • Messianic Line • Child of Ahaziah

Joash is a biblical figure in Generation 41 of the Messianic Line , child of Ahaziah , parent of Amaziah . ( 1 Chronicles 3:11 )

Eliakim
65% Messianic Line
Generation 55 • Messianic Line • Child of Abihud

Eliakim is a biblical figure in Generation 55 of the Messianic Line , child of Abihud , parent of Azor . ( Matthew 1:13 )

Uz
64% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Uz is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Nahor . ( Genesis 22:21 )

σκότος
skotos
G4655 Greek
darkness

darkness. Primary meaning: darkness. Strong's: shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: darkness : He 12:18 , Rec.†

Amos 7
63% Chapter
Amos • Chapter 7 (17 verses)

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Amos , Isaac , Amaziah , Judah .

Titus
62% New Testament
New Testament • 3 Chapters

Titus (New Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah . Key places: Crete , Nicopolis . Opens with: "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is a..."

Abram/Abraham
62% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Isaiah
61% Old Testament
Old Testament • 66 Chapters

Isaiah (Old Testament, 66 chapters). Key figures: Jeshaiah (Isaiah), Judah , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Sodom , Gomorrah , Lebanon , Bashan . Opens with: "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings o..."

Lot
61% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Haran

( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 )

Amos 1
60% Chapter
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 .

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 )

Asa
60% 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 )

Eber (or Heber)
60% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Perez
59% Messianic Line
Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Scripture Passages (24)

But Philip was found at Azotus : and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea .

AP.1MA 16:10 (KJV)
AP.1MA 16 KJV

and they fled to the towers that are in the fields of Azotus ; and he burned it with fire; and there fell of them about two thousand men. And he returned into Judaea in peace.

And he pursued after him to Azotus , and the armies joined battle.

AP.1MA 11:4 (KJV)
AP.1MA 11 KJV

But when he came near to Azotus , they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and the suburbs thereof pulled down, and the bodies cast abroad, and them that had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way.

AP.1MA 9:15 (KJV)
AP.1MA 9 KJV

and the right wing was discomfited by them, and he pursued after them to the mount Azotus .

And Jonathan burned Azotus , and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, and them that fled into it, he burned with fire.

And Apollonius heard, and he gathered an army of three thousand horse, and a great host, and went to Azotus as though he were on a journey, and therewithal drew onward into the plain, because he had a multitude of horse, and trusted therein.

And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim ; and Achim begat Eliud ;

And the horsemen were scattered in the plain, and they fled to Azotus , and entered into Beth-dagon , their idol’s temple, to save themselves.

And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day.

Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

of the sons of Azgad. Astath, Joannes son of Hakkatan Akatan, and with him a hundred and ten men:

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 Baal –zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok , Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies.

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema , the son of Joel , who dwelt in Aroer , even unto Nebo and Baal –meon:

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

And Judas turned aside to Azotus , to the land of the Philistines, and pulled down their altars, and burned the carved images of their gods with fire, and took the spoil of their cities, and returned into the land of Judah .

And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica , being with us.

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem .

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