Places of the Bible
Ashkelon
City
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Ashkelon, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Prophecies of Amos · 787 BC · 1 verse
- Prophecies of Jeremiah · 627 BC · 3 verses
- Prophecies of Zephaniah · 609 BC · 2 verses
- Prophecies of Zechariah · 519 BC · 1 verse
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
'=Askelon=Ascalon, was one of the five cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:17). It stood on the shore of the Mediterranean, 12 miles north of Gaza. It is mentioned on an inscription at Karnak in Egypt as having been taken by king Rameses II., the oppressor of the Hebrews. In the time of the judges (Judg. 1:18) it fell into the possession of the tribe of Judah; but it was soon after retaken by the Philistines (2 Sam. 1:20), who were not finally dispossessed till the time of Alexander the Great. Samson went down to this place from Timnath, and slew thirty men and took their spoil. The prophets foretold its destruction (Jer. 25:20; 47:5, 7). It became a noted place in the Middle Ages, having been the scene of many a bloody battle between the Saracens and the Crusaders. It was beseiged and taken by Richard the Lion-hearted, and “within its walls and towers now standing he held his court.” Among the Tell Amarna tablets are found letters or official despatches from Yadaya, “captain of horse and dust of the king’s feet,” to the “great king” of Egypt, dated from Ascalon. It is now called ‘Askalan.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 11 verses
- Judges
- 1:18, 14:19
- 1 Samuel
- 6:17
- 2 Samuel
- 1:20
- Jeremiah
- 25:20, 47:5, 47:7
- Amos
- 1:8
- Zephaniah
- 2:4, 2:7
- Zechariah
- 9:5
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.