Ashdod

Identified as

Tel Ashdod

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.757° N, 34.658° E

Ashdod, Ashdodite, Ashdothite· Azotus

• Ἄζωτος·Azotusmeans “the same as Ashdod”
• אַשְׁדּוֹד·Ashdod
• אַשְׁדּוֹדִי·Ashdod
• אַשְׁדּוֹדִית·Ashdod

Includes 2 verses that refer to Ashdod without naming it.

1. Joshua 11:22אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
   No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
2. Joshua 13:3אַשְׁדּוֹדִי · Ashdod
   …from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
3. Joshua 15:46אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
   …from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
4. Joshua 15:47אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
   Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
5. 1 Samuel 5:1אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
   After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
6. 1 Samuel 5:3אַשְׁדּוֹדִי · Ashdod
   When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
7. 1 Samuel 5:4Referred to, not named
   But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
8. 1 Samuel 5:5אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
   That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
9. 1 Samuel 5:6אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod; אַשְׁדּוֹדִי · Ashdod
   Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
10. 1 Samuel 5:7אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
11. 1 Samuel 6:17אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
12. 2 Chronicles 26:6אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
13. Nehemiah 4:7אַשְׁדּוֹדִי · Ashdod
    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
14. Nehemiah 13:23אַשְׁדּוֹדִי · Ashdod
    In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
15. Nehemiah 13:24אַשְׁדּוֹדִית · Ashdod
    Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
16. Nehemiah 13:25Referred to, not named
    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
17. Isaiah 20:1אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
18. Jeremiah 25:20אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    …all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
19. Amos 1:8אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
20. Amos 3:9אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
21. Zephaniah 2:4אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
22. Zechariah 9:6אַשְׁדּוֹד · Ashdod
    A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
23. Acts 8:40Ἄζωτος · Azotus
    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.