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'''Ashdod''' (referred to in the New Testament as '''Azotus''') is the sixth-largest city and the largest port in [[Israel]] accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods. Ashdod is located in the [[Southern District of Israel|Southern District]] of the country, on the [[Mediterranean]] coast where it is situated between [[Tel Aviv]] to the north (32 kilometres (20 miles) away) and [[Ashkelon]] to the south (20 km (12 mi) away). [[Jerusalem]] is 53 km (33 mi) to the east. The city is also an important regional [[industry|industrial]] center and is a [[planned city]] built near to the site of the ancient city.
==Ashdod in Biblical times===
The first documented urban settlement at Ashdod dates to the [[Canaanite]] culture of the 17th century BCE, making the city one of the oldest in the world. Ashdod is mentioned 13 times in the Bible. During its pre-1956 history the city was settled by [[Philistines]], [[Israelites]], [[Greek]] colonists coming in the wake of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]'s conquests, [[Romans]] and [[Byzantines]], [[Arabs]], [[Crusaders]], and [[Ottoman Turks]].
There are [[Bible|Biblical]] episodes referencing Ashdod:
Upon [[Joshua]]'s conquest of the [[Promised Land]], Ashdod was allotted to the Tribe of [[Judah]] ([[Book of Joshua]] 15:46).
In [[1 Samuel]] 6:17 Ashdod is mentioned among the principal Philistine cities. After capturing the [[Ark of the covenant]] from the Israelites, the Philistines took it to Ashdod and placed it in the temple of Dagon. The next morning Dagon was found prostrate before the Ark; on being restored to his place, he was on the following morning again found prostrate and broken. The people of Ashdod were smitten with boils; a plague of mice was sent over the land (1 Samuel 6:5).
According to the Bible, during the 10th century BCE Ashdod became, along with all the kingdom of Philistia, a patronage area of the [[Kingdom of Israel]] under the control of [[King David]].
The capture of the city by King Uzziah of Judah shortly after 815 BCE is mentioned within [[2 Chronicles]] (26:6) and in the [[Book of Zechariah]] (9:6), speaking of the false Jews.
In the [[Book of Nehemiah]] (Nehemiah 13:23–24), some 5th century BCE residents of Jerusalem are said to have married women from Ashdod, and half of the children of these unions were reportedly unable to understand Hebrew; instead, they spoke "the language of Ashdod".
==Ashdod in Biblical times===
The first documented urban settlement at Ashdod dates to the [[Canaanite]] culture of the 17th century BCE, making the city one of the oldest in the world. Ashdod is mentioned 13 times in the Bible. During its pre-1956 history the city was settled by [[Philistines]], [[Israelites]], [[Greek]] colonists coming in the wake of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]'s conquests, [[Romans]] and [[Byzantines]], [[Arabs]], [[Crusaders]], and [[Ottoman Turks]].
There are [[Bible|Biblical]] episodes referencing Ashdod:
Upon [[Joshua]]'s conquest of the [[Promised Land]], Ashdod was allotted to the Tribe of [[Judah]] ([[Book of Joshua]] 15:46).
In [[1 Samuel]] 6:17 Ashdod is mentioned among the principal Philistine cities. After capturing the [[Ark of the covenant]] from the Israelites, the Philistines took it to Ashdod and placed it in the temple of Dagon. The next morning Dagon was found prostrate before the Ark; on being restored to his place, he was on the following morning again found prostrate and broken. The people of Ashdod were smitten with boils; a plague of mice was sent over the land (1 Samuel 6:5).
According to the Bible, during the 10th century BCE Ashdod became, along with all the kingdom of Philistia, a patronage area of the [[Kingdom of Israel]] under the control of [[King David]].
The capture of the city by King Uzziah of Judah shortly after 815 BCE is mentioned within [[2 Chronicles]] (26:6) and in the [[Book of Zechariah]] (9:6), speaking of the false Jews.
In the [[Book of Nehemiah]] (Nehemiah 13:23–24), some 5th century BCE residents of Jerusalem are said to have married women from Ashdod, and half of the children of these unions were reportedly unable to understand Hebrew; instead, they spoke "the language of Ashdod".