אַשְׁקְלוֹןʼAshqᵉlôwn

Same root

• שָׁקַלshâqal · H8254to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
• אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִיʼEshqᵉlôwnîy · H832Ashkelonite (collectively) or inhabitant of Ashkelon

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• Judges 1:18 In addition, Judah captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.
• Judges 14:19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
• 1 Samuel 6:17 The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the Lord were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
• 2 Samuel 1:20 Don’t announce the news in Gath, don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice and the pagans will laugh in triumph.
• Jeremiah 25:20 along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod.
• Jeremiah 47:5 Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald; Ashkelon will lie silent. You remnant from the Mediterranean coast, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?