EKRON
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 (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines (1-Sam 5:10). It was the last place to which the Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back to Israel (1-Sam 5:10;6:1). There was here a n......