Difference between revisions of "Ekron"

<p> '''Ekron''' (''ĕk'ron'' ), ''emigration.'' The most northerly of the five cities of the Philistines, &nbsp;Joshua 13:3; in the lowlands of Judah, &nbsp;Joshua 15:11; conquered by Judah, &nbsp;Joshua 15:45; allotted to Dan, &nbsp;Joshua 19:43; reconquered by Samuel, &nbsp;1 Samuel 5:10; &nbsp;1 Samuel 7:14; again a Philistine city, &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:52; &nbsp;2 Kings 1:2; &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:20; &nbsp;Amos 1:8; &nbsp;Zechariah 9:5; now called ''Akir,'' on a hill 12 miles southeast of Joppa, a wretched village of about 50 mud hovels. The prophecy has been fulfilled, "Ekron shall be rooted up." &nbsp;Zephaniah 2:4. </p>

<p> '''Ek'ron.''' ''(torn up by the roots; emigration).'' One of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, and the most northerly of the five. &nbsp;Joshua 13:3. Like the other Philistine cities, its situation was in the '''Shefelah''' , or lowlands. It fell to the lot of Judah. &nbsp;Joshua 15:45-46; &nbsp;Judges 1:18. </p> <p> Afterwards, we find it mentioned among the cities of Dan. &nbsp;Joshua 19:43. Before the monarchy, it was again in full possession of the Philistines. &nbsp;1 Samuel 5:10. ''Akir'' , the modern representative of Ekron, lies about five miles southwest of ''Ramleh'' . In the Apocrypha, it appears as '''Accaron''' . In &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 10:89 only. </p>