Isaiah 20:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

King Sargon of Assyria gave orders for his army commander to capture the city of Ashdod.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria ordered his three highest military officers to leave Lachish and take a large army to Jerusalem. When they arrived, the officers stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool.

2 Chronicles 26:6

While Uzziah was king, he started a war against the Philistines. He smashed the walls of the cities of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, then rebuilt towns around Ashdod and in other parts of Philistia.

Isaiah 14:31

Cry and weep in the gates of your towns, you Philistines! Smoke blows in from the north, and every soldier is ready.

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreigners who lived in the country. Next I went to the king of Uz, and then to the four kings of Philistia, who ruled from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what was left of Ashdod.

Amos 1:8

I will destroy the king of Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will strike down Ekron, and that will be the end of the Philistines. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Joshua 11:22

There were not any Anakim left in the regions where the Israelites lived, although there were still some in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines took the sacred chest from near Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.

1 Samuel 6:17

That is how the Philistines sent gifts to the LORD to make up for taking the sacred chest. They sent five gold sores, one each for their towns of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.