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Ashkelon

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ašqǝlon Biblical Hebrew
  • Ἀσκάλων Askalon, Askelōn Greek
  • Ascalon Latin
  • Ašqaluna 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 Uz UZ ? Shihor Shihor Philistia PHILISTIA Great Sea Great Sea Gaza Gaza Gath Gath Ekron Ekron Ashdod Ashdod Tyre Tyre Egypt EGYPT Ashkelon Ashkelon 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 11 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 · ASHDOD · GATH 1 AND 6 MORE, named in the same passages

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Ruins at Tel Ashkelon.

Ruins at Tel Ashkelon.

PHOTO: Hanay CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Ashdod ABOUT 9 MI (15 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Gaza ABOUT 12 MI (19 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ekron ABOUT 20 MI (32 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Tyre ABOUT 120 MI (190 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 9 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 41 MI (66 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.

12 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.6639, 34.5458

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ON WIKIDATA · Q60956