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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Ekron
Britannica 11thEKRON (better, as in the Septuagint and Josephus, ACCARON, 'hKKapiav), a royal city of the Philistines commonly identified with the modern Syrian village of 'Akir, 5 m. from Ramleh, on the southern slope of a low ridge separating the plain of Philistia from Sh ...
Vol. 9, pp. 140-140
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Ark
Britannica 11th... overthrowing the god Dagon. A plague smote the city, and when it was removed to Ekron, pestilence followed in its wake. After taking counsel the Philistines placed the ark with a votive offering upon a new cart drawn by two cows. The beasts went of their own a ...
Vol. 2, pp. 548-550
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Ekhof, Konrad
Britannica 11th... ith Garrick. His fame, however, was rapidly eclipsed by that of Friedrich U. L. EKRON— ELAM Schroder. His literary efforts were chiefly confined to translations from French authors. See H. Uhde, biography of Ekhof in vol. iv. of Der neue Plutarch (1876), and J ...
Vol. 9, pp. 139-140
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