The meaning of Ekron in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Joshua 13:3), and afterwards to (Daniel 19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines (I Samuel 5:10). It was the last place to which the Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back to Israel (I Samuel 5:10; 6:1-8). There was here a noted sanctuary of Baal-zebub (II Kings 1:: 23616,3,6,16). Now the small village Akir. It is mentioned on monuments in BC 702, when Sennacherib set free its king, imprisoned by Hezekiah in Jerusalem, according to the Assyrian record.

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Ekron {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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