# Ashkelon

## Ancient names

- Ašqǝlon: Biblical Hebrew
- Ἀσκάλων (Askalon): Greek
- Askelōn: Greek
- Ascalon: Latin
- Ašqaluna: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/ie1b43b.jpg (Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashkelon_%E2%80%93_The_Canaanite_city_gate_(1).JPG).

## Passages

- **Joshua 13:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/13/3
- **Judges 1:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/1/18
- **Judges 14:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/14/19
- **1 Samuel 6:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/6/17
- **2 Samuel 1:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/1/20
- **Jeremiah 25:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/25/20
- **Jeremiah 47:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/5
- **Jeremiah 47:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/7
- **Amos 1:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/8
- **Zephaniah 2:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/4
- **Zephaniah 2:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/7
- **Zechariah 9:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/5

## Coordinates

31.6639, 34.5458

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ashkelon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60956
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).