Thematic Bible: Ashkelon
Thematic Bible
Ashkelon » Prophecies concerning
all the kings of the land of Uz;
all the kings of the land of the Philistines—Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.
I will also turn My hand against Ekron,
and the remainder of the Philistines
The Lord God has spoken.
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
when the Lord has given it a command?
He has assigned it
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
to the remnant of the house of Judah;
they will find pasture there.
They will lie down in the evening
among the houses of Ashkelon,
for the Lord their God will return to them
and restore their fortunes.
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.
Ashkelon » Samson kills thirty men of
The Spirit of the Lord took control of him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed 30 of their men. He stripped them and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. In a rage, Samson returned to his father’s house,
Ashkelon » Emerods (tumors, rv) of
As a restitution offering to the Lord, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
Ashkelon » One of the five chief cities of the philistines
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites
Ashkelon » Captured by the people of judah
Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.