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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''' (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===
==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]].
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]].