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'''Azotus / Ashdod''' was a city close to the Mediterranean coast. | '''Azotus / Ashdod''' was a city close to the Mediterranean coast. | ||
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Azotus was, like [[Gaza]] and [[Ascalon]], a very ancient and important settlement of the Philistines. It is often recorded in ancient Jewish sources and was known to [[Herodotus]]. | Azotus was, like [[Gaza]] and [[Ascalon]], a very ancient and important settlement of the Philistines. It is often recorded in ancient Jewish sources and was known to [[Herodotus]]. | ||
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==Azotus in ancient sources== | ==Azotus in ancient sources== | ||
* [[Azotus (sources)]] -- survey of ancient sources | |||
==Related categories== | ==Related categories== | ||
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*'''Azotus''' / [[The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book]] / 2 (1979) 108-109 | *'''Azotus''' / [[The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book]] / 2 (1979) 108-109 | ||
*'''Azotus''' / [[Paul L. Redditt]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:541-542 | *'''Azotus''' / [[Paul L. Redditt]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:541-542 | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod Wikipedia] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 20 July 2012
Azotus / Ashdod was a city close to the Mediterranean coast.
Overview
Azotus was, like Gaza and Ascalon, a very ancient and important settlement of the Philistines. It is often recorded in ancient Jewish sources and was known to Herodotus.
Nothing is known of the fate of the city in the early Second Temple Period. Judas attacked it and Jonathan Maccabeus destroyed it. At the time of Alexander Jannaeus its territory was annexed to the Hasmonean kingdom.
The city regained its autonomy under Pompey, together with the other coastal cities. Gabinius rebuilt it.
Azotus was then annexed to the kingdom of Herod the Great in 30 BCE, and after his death passed to his sister Salome I.
During the Jewish War, Vespasian established a garrison there.
Azotus in ancient sources
- Azotus (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
Related categories
References
- Azotus / The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book / 2 (1979) 108-109
- Azotus / Paul L. Redditt / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 1:541-542
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