AZOTUS  , the name given by See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Ronan writers to Ashdod, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, now represented by a few remains in the little See also:

• VILLAGE

village of `Esdud, in the governmental See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

Acre . It was situated about 3 M. inland from the Mediterranean, on the famous military route between See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, about equidistant (18 m.) from See also:

• JOPPA

Joppa and See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza . As one of the five See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief cities of the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines and the seat of the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• DAGON

Dagon (I Sam. v.; cf . I Macc. x . 83), it maintained, down even to the days of the See also:

• MACCABEES
• MACCABEES, BOOKS OF

Maccabees, a vigorous thoughsomewhat intermittent See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence against the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the Israelites, by whom it was nominally assigned to the territory of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah . In 711 B.C. it was captured by the Assyrians (Is. xx . I), but soon regained its power, and was strong enough in the next See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to resist the assaults of See also:

• PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk)

Psammetichus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Egypt, for twenty-nine years (See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod. ii . 157) . Restored by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GABINIUS, AULUS

Gabinius from the ruins to which it had been reduced by the Jewish See also:

• WARS

wars (1 Macc. v . 68, x . 77, xvi . 1o), it was presented' by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus to See also:

• SALOME

Salome, the See also:

• SISTER

sister of Herod .

The only New Testament reference is in Acts viii . 40 . Ashdod became the seat-of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian era, but seems never to have attained any importance as a See also:

• TOWN

town . The See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Azotus of , Macc. ix . 15, where Judas Maccabeus See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell, is possibly the rising ground on which the village stands . A See also:

• FINE

fine Saracenic See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

khan is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal relic of antiquity at `Esdud .