Ashdod

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ashdod
     stronghold, a Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway
     between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It
     was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1 Sam. 5:5).
     It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:47), but it never
     came into their actual possession. It was an important city, as


     it stood on the highroad from Egypt to Palestine, and hence was
     strongly fortified (2 Chr. 26:6; Isa. 20:1). Uzziah took it, but
     fifty years after his death it was taken by the Assyrians (B.C.
     758). According to Sargon's record, it was captured by him in
     B.C. 711. The only reference to it in the New Testament, where
     it is called Azotus, is in the account of Philip's return from
     Gaza (Acts 8:40). It is now called Eshdud.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ashdod, effusion; inclination; theft