Ekron

The most northerly of the Philistine towns, nine miles from the sea, at first allotted to Judah (Josh. 15:45–46), then to Dan (19:43). Judah held it for a time (Judg. 1:18), but the Philistines recovered it (1 Sam. 5:10; see also 6:16; 7:14; 17:52; 2 Kgs. 1:2–16; Jer. 25:20; Zech. 9:5, 7).