Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ashdod' occurs 21 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ashdod' in the standard works and contain 61.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 5:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

 5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

 5:6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

 5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.




2 Chr. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 21 1 22
Josh. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 2 1 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 21 1 22

1 Sam. 5:1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

1 Sam. 5:3
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

1 Sam. 5:5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

1 Sam. 5:6
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

1 Sam. 5:7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

1 Sam. 6:17
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;