Ekron:
firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Jos 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines (1Sa 5:10). It was the last place to which the Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back to Israel (1Sa 5:10; 6:1-8). There was here a noted sanctuary of Baal-zebub (2Ki 1:2,3,6,16). Now the small village Akir. It is mentioned on monuments in B.C. 702, when Sennacherib set free its king, imprisoned by Hezekiah in Jerusalem, according to the Assyrian record.
Ekron:
barrenness; torn away
Ekron:
(torn up by the roots; emigration) one of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, and the most northerly of the five (Joshua 13:3). Like the other Philistine cities its situation was in the lowlands. It fell to the lot of Judah (Joshua 15:45-46; Judges 1:18). Afterwards we find it mentioned among the cities of Dan (Joshua 19:43). Before the monarchy it was again in full possession of the Philistines (1 Samuel 5:10). Akir, the modern representative of Ekron, lies about five miles southwest of Ramleh. In the Apocrypha it appears as ACCARON (1 Maccabees 10:89 only.)
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