Ekron
Ekron, in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron was at first a Canaanite, and later more famously a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day Israel.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Tel Elteqa”, “Tel Elteqe”, and “Tel Mikne”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nahal Sork Railway Station and Junction Station Cemetery.
Nahal Sork Railway Station
Ruins
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nahal Sork Railway Station is a ruins, which is situated 4 km northeast of Ekron.
Junction Station Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Junction Station Cemetery is situated 3½ km northeast of Ekron.
Torat HaChaim
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torat HaChaim is a school, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Ekron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Revadim and Yad Binyamin.
Revadim
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Revadim is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 915. Revadim is situated 3½ km west of Ekron.
Yad Binyamin
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yad Binyamin is a community settlement in central Israel. The seat of Nahal Sorek Regional Council, it is located adjacent to the junction of three major highways: Highway 3, Highway 6, and Highway 7. In 2024 it had a population of 4,338. Yad Binyamin is situated 3½ km northwest of Ekron.
Beit Hilkia
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Hilkia is a Haredi moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,403. Beit Hilkia is situated 4 km west of Ekron.
Ekron
- Categories: tell, biblical place, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ekron” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عقرون”
- Basque: “Ekron”
- Bulgarian: “Екрон”
- Catalan: “Akkaron”
- Catalan: “Ecron”
- Catalan: “Ekron”
- Catalan: “Eqron”
- Cebuano: “Tel Miqne”
- Chinese: “以革伦”
- Dutch: “Ekron”
- Dutch: “Tel Miqne”
- Esperanto: “Ekron”
- Estonian: “Ekron”
- French: “Ekron”
- French: “Eqrôn”
- French: “Éqron”
- French: “Tel Miqneh”
- German: “Ekron”
- Greek: “Ακκαρών”
- Hebrew: “חרבת אל מוקנע”
- Hebrew: “עקרון (עיר מקראית)”
- Hebrew: “עקרון”
- Hebrew: “עֶקְרוֹן”
- Hebrew: “תל מקנה”
- Hungarian: “Ekron”
- Indonesian: “Ekron”
- Italian: “Accaron”
- Italian: “Ekron”
- Japanese: “エクロン”
- Korean: “에그론”
- Macedonian: “Екрон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ekron”
- Norwegian: “Ekron”
- Polish: “Ekron”
- Portuguese: “Ecrom”
- Romanian: “Ekron”
- Russian: “Аккарон”
- Russian: “Аскалон”
- Russian: “Екрон”
- Russian: “Экрон”
- Slovenian: “Ekron”
- Spanish: “Ecron”
- Spanish: “Ecrón”
- Spanish: “Ekron”
- Spanish: “Ekrón”
- Spanish: “Eqron”
- Spanish: “Eqrón”
- Swedish: “Ekron”
- Ukrainian: “Екрон”
- Urdu: “عقرون”
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