# אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ashqelon)

Israeli respelling: ash-qelon. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H831. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

King James renderings: Ashkelon, Askalon.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ashqelon-h831

## Occurrences

- [Judges 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/18) — Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
- [Judges 14:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/19) — And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change…
- [1 Samuel 6:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/17) — And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for As…
- [2 Samuel 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/20) — Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the unc…
- [Jeremiah 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/20) — And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah,…
- [Jeremiah 47:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/47/5) — Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
- [Jeremiah 47:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/47/7) — How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
- [Amos 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/1/8) — And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and…
- [Zephaniah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/4) — For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
- [Zephaniah 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/7) — And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in t…
- [Zechariah 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/5) — Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the ki…