Ekron
| עקרון | |
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| Alternate name | Tel Miqne, Tel Mikne |
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| Location |  |
| Coordinates | 31°46′44″N 34°51′00″E / 31.778890°N 34.8499203°E |
| History | |
| Periods | Chalcolithic - Iron Age |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin |
The city of Ekron (Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן ʿeqrōn, also transliterated Accaron), was one of the five cities of the famed Philistine , located in southwestern Canaan.
Following the 1996 discovery of the Ekron inscription, Ekron was positively identified with the mound of Tel Miqne (Hebrew) or Khirbet el-Muqanna (Arabic). The tell lies 35 kilometers west of Jerusalem, and 18 kilometers north of Tell es-Safi, the almost certain site of the Philistine city of Gath, on the grounds of Kibbutz Revadim on the eastern edge of Israel's coastal plain.
Numerous locations have been suggested for Ekron, including Aqir, Qatra, Zikrin and Caesarea Maritima.
Jerome wrote that Ekron was to the east of Azotus and Iamnia (consistent with the modern interpretation), however he mentioned also that some equated the city with Straton's Tower at Caesarea Maritima. This may be a reference to Rabbi Abbahu's identification of Ekron with Caesarea in Megillah (Talmud).
Robinson first identified the Arab village of Aqir as the site of Ekron in 1838, and this was accepted until it was contested by Macalister in 1913, who suggested Khirbet Dikerin, and Albright in 1922, who suggested Qatra.
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