386,926
edits
Difference between revisions of "Ashdod"
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
no edit summary
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15467" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15467" /> == | ||
<p> [[One]] of the five chief cities of the Philistines, assigned to the tribe of Judah, but never conquered by them, [[Joshua]] 13:3; 15:47; 1 [[Samuel]] 5:1; 6:17; [[Nehemiah]] 4:7 . [[Here]] stood the temple of Dagon; and hither the ark was first brought, after the fatal battle at Ebenezer, 1 Samuel 5:1 . It was called by the [[Greeks]] Azotus. And belonged to [[Judea]] in the time of Christ. Here [[Philip]] preached the gospel, Acts 8:40 . At the present day, it is a miserable village, still called Esdud. </p> | <p> [[One]] of the five chief cities of the Philistines, assigned to the tribe of Judah, but never conquered by them, [[Joshua]] 13:3; 15:47; 1 [[Samuel]] 5:1; 6:17; [[Nehemiah]] 4:7 . [[Here]] stood the temple of Dagon; and hither the ark was first brought, after the fatal battle at Ebenezer, 1 Samuel 5:1 . It was called by the [[Greeks]] Azotus. And belonged to [[Judea]] in the time of Christ. Here [[Philip]] preached the gospel, Acts 8:40 . At the present day, it is a miserable village, still called Esdud. </p> | ||
