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Ekron

Ekron (Biblical Place • 31.778°N, 34.852°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:11 , Josh 15:45 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 19:43 , Judg 1:18 . It is closely linked with Shikkeron (Biblical Place • Ekron • 31.778°N, 34.852°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:11 (identified with Ekron).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ekron (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:11 , Josh 15:45 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 19:43 , Judg 1:18 .) Shikkeron (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:11 (identified with Ekron ).) Shephelah (region. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:27 , 1 Chr 27:28 , 2 Chr 1:15 , 2 Chr 9:27 , 2 Chr 26:10 .) Dumah 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:52 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Joshua 19:43 : "And Elon , and Timnah , and Ekron ,"; Joshua 15:45 : " Ekron , with her towns and her villages:"; 1 Samuel 5:10 : "Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God ...". Related canonical books and chapters: 2 Kings (Old Testament • 25 Chapters), Zephaniah (Old Testament • 3 Chapters), 1 Samuel 7 ( 1 Samuel • Chapter 7 (17 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Ekron
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.778°N, 34.852°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:11 , Josh 15:45 , Josh 15:46 , Josh 19:43 , Judg 1:18 .

Shikkeron
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Biblical Place • Ekron • 31.778°N, 34.852°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:11 (identified with Ekron ).

Shephelah
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Biblical Place • Ekron • 31.778°N, 34.852°E

region. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:27 , 1 Chr 27:28 , 2 Chr 1:15 , 2 Chr 9:27 , 2 Chr 26:10 .

2 Kings
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 25 Chapters

2 Kings (Old Testament, 25 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Judah . Key places: Moab , Samaria , Baal , Ekron , Gilgal 1 , Jericho . Opens with: "Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab...."

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..."

Map of the Philistine Pentapolis Cities
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The five confederate Philistine cities: Gaza , Ashdod , Ashkelon , Gath , and Ekron facing Judah .

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1 Samuel 7
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1 Samuel • Chapter 7 (17 verses)

And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it wa... Mentions: Abinadab , Eleazar , Jacob/Israel , Samuel , Mizpah 3 , Shen , Ekron , Gath , Gilgal 1 .

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 .

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 .

1 Samuel 17
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1 Samuel • Chapter 17 (58 verses)

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Soco , which belongeth to Judah , and pitched between Soco and Azekah , in Ephes–dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the ... Mentions: Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , David , Jesse , Soco, Azekah , Gath , Ekron , Shaaraim 1 .

2 Kings 1
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2 Kings • Chapter 1 (18 verses)

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 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 diseas... Mentions: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Samaria , Ekron .

Joshua 13
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Joshua • Chapter 13 (33 verses)

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before ... Mentions: Joshua , Baal , Jacob/Israel , Manasseh , Moses , Egypt , Ekron , Mearah , Aphek 2 , Lebanon .

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 .

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..."

Judges
99% 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 ..."

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 .

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 .

Judges 1
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Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)

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 Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .

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 .

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 .

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 .

Joshua 19
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Joshua • Chapter 19 (51 verses)

And the second lot came forth to Simeon , even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah . And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba , and Moladah , And Hazar–shual, and ... Mentions: Simeon, Judah , Zebulun , Japhia , Issachar , Sheba , Moladah , Balah , Ezem , Eltolad .

Dumah 1
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.438°N, 34.983°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:52 .

Dumah 2
77% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Arabia • 27.400°N, 37.700°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 21:11 (identified with Arabia ).

Hamath-zobah
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 8:3 (identified with Hamath ).

Abana
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Biblical Place • 33.545°N, 36.225°E

Now Barada River. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .

Ezekiel 37:7
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Ezekiel Chapter 37, Verse 7

Scripture passage in Ezekiel 37:7

Ezekiel 47:8
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Ezekiel Chapter 47, Verse 8

Scripture passage in Ezekiel 47:8

Irpeel
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.869°N, 35.198°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 18:27 .

Assos
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 39.490°N, 26.336°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 20:13 , Acts 20:14 .

Bel and the Dragon
63% Apocrypha
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters

Bel and the Dragon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Daniel . Key places: Babylon . Opens with: "AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom...."

Heres
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Succoth 1 • 32.200°N, 35.633°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 8:13 (identified with Succoth 1 ).

Lebo-hamath
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:21 , Num 34:8 , Josh 13:5 , Judg 3:3 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 14:25 (identified with Hamath ).

Mizpah 2
59% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Valley of Mizpeh • 33.282°N, 35.573°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:3 (identified with Valley of Mizpeh ).

Timnath-heres
59% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.121°N, 35.150°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 2:9 .

Scripture Passages (20)

Ekron , with her towns and her villages:

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron . And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron , that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

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 Gazites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

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

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron . And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim , even unto Gath , and unto Ekron .

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Ashkelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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

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 ,

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron ; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza , and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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.

And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah , and went out unto Jabneel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel , from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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.

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah , and Ekron as a Jebusite .

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria , and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel , that ye go to enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron ?

And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron , is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel , that thou sendest to enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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