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Ashdod

ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ἀζωτός Azotos Greek
  • Asdūdu Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Philistia PHILISTIA Great Sea Great Sea Gaza Gaza Gath Gath Ekron Ekron Ebenezer Ebenezer Caesarea Caesarea Brook of Egypt Brook of Egypt Assyria ASSYRIA Ashkelon Ashkelon Ammon AMMON Egypt EGYPT Ashdod Ashdod 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH EKRON · GAZA · ASHKELON · GATH 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Panorama of Tel Ashdod.

Panorama of Tel Ashdod.

PHOTO: Yairapple CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Ashkelon ABOUT 9 MI (15 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ekron ABOUT 11 MI (18 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Gaza ABOUT 21 MI (34 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Caesarea ABOUT 53 MI (85 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 34 MI (55 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

17 PASSAGES · 10 BOOKS

Joshua 3
1 Samuel 4
2 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 2
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
Acts 1

COORDINATES 31.7572, 34.6578

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