Ashkelon

Ashkelon
Ashkelon [ash′kə län΄]
alt. sp. of ASHQELON

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Ash·ke·lon or Ash·qe·lon (ăshʹkə-lŏn', äshʹkĕ-lôn')
An ancient city of southwest Palestine on the Mediterranean Sea. Inhabited as early as the third millennium B.C., it was a seat of worship for the goddess Astarte.

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