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Ashdod

Philistine plain (coastal) · both · 19 verses

Ashdod was one of the five chief Philistine cities, on the coastal plain. It housed a temple of the god Dagon. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles and 7 more in the King James text.

About Ashdod

Ashdod was one of the five chief Philistine cities, on the coastal plain. It housed a temple of the god Dagon.

Its place in the story

When the ark of God was brought to Ashdod, the idol of Dagon fell before it and was broken. Ashdod appears through the history of the Philistines and in the oracles of the prophets against them.

Ashdod in Scripture (KJV)

“There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”
Joshua 11:22 (KJV)
“From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:”
Joshua 15:46 (KJV)
“Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:”
Joshua 15:47 (KJV)
“And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.”
1 Samuel 5:1 (KJV)
“And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.”
1 Samuel 5:3 (KJV)
“Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.”
1 Samuel 5:5 (KJV)
“But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.”
1 Samuel 5:6 (KJV)
“And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.”
1 Samuel 5:7 (KJV)

Ashdod is named 19 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The falling of Dagon before the ark at Ashdod shows the God of Israel above all idols, a truth fulfilled in the reign of Christ.

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Ashdod was one of the five chief Philistine cities, on the coastal plain. It housed a temple of the god Dagon. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles and 7 more in the King James text.

What happened at Ashdod?

When the ark of God was brought to Ashdod, the idol of Dagon fell before it and was broken. Ashdod appears through the history of the Philistines and in the oracles of the prophets against them.

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