Ashdod Attractions
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Ashdod, founded only in 1957, lies some 40km/25mi south of Tel Aviv-Jaffa (Yafo). Within a very short period it has developed into the largest Israeli port after Haifa. As a result numerous industrial and transport installations have been established in the town.
History
Ancient Ashdod, which lay to the south of the modern town, is mentioned along with Gaza and Gath in the 12th-11th centuries B.C. as a town of the Anakims, and it appears along with Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron as one of the five lordships of the Philistines (Joshuah 13,3). When the Philistines carried off the Ark of the Covenant they took it first to Ashkelon and then to the temple of Dagon in Ashdod (1 Samuel 5,1-5). Although conquered by the Assyrians in 732 B.C., Ashdod remained an independent city state.
History
Ancient Ashdod, which lay to the south of the modern town, is mentioned along with Gaza and Gath in the 12th-11th centuries B.C. as a town of the Anakims, and it appears along with Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron as one of the five lordships of the Philistines (Joshuah 13,3). When the Philistines carried off the Ark of the Covenant they took it first to Ashkelon and then to the temple of Dagon in Ashdod (1 Samuel 5,1-5). Although conquered by the Assyrians in 732 B.C., Ashdod remained an independent city state.
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