Discovery Box| (1.00) | (2Ch 26:6) | 2 tn Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.” |
| (0.71) | (Isa 20:1) | 1 tn Heb “In the year the commanding general came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and captured it.” |
| (0.67) | (Act 8:40) | 2 sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times. |
| (0.67) | (Zep 2:4) | 4 tn Heb “[As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away.” |
| (0.67) | (Amo 1:8) | 4 sn Ashkelon was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashdod, Ekron, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.67) | (Amo 1:8) | 5 sn Ekron was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.67) | (Amo 1:8) | 3 sn Ashdod was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashkelon, Ekron, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.58) | (Jer 25:20) | 4 sn The Greek historian Herodotus reports that Ashdod had been destroyed under the Pharaoh who preceded Necho, Psammetichus. |
| (0.42) | (Amo 1:6) | 1 sn Gaza was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath). It was considered to mark the southern limit of Canaan at the point on the coast where it was located (Gen 10:19). |
