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Askelon

A city in the land of the Philistines, situated between Azoth and Gaza, upon the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 520 furlongs from Jerusalem. The tribe of Judah, after the death of Joshua, took the city of Askelon, Judges i, 18, being one of the five governments belonging to the Philistines. Askelon is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “weight; balance; fire of infamy.” This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

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weight; balance; fire of infamy According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Askelon

weight; balance; fire of infamy

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ASKELON

a city in the land of the Philistines, situated between Azoth and Gaza, upon the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 520 furlongs from Jerusalem. The tribe of Judah, after the death of Joshua, took the city of Askelon, Judges i, 18, being one of the five governments belonging to the Philistines. The place at present is in ruins.

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ASKELON

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Askelon

Meaning:
weight; balance; fire of infamy

Indexed occurrences: 0

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