Ekron (hebraisk: עֶקְרוֹן , ʿeqrōn ) var en av de fem byene i filistrenespentapolis i oldtiden. Byen lå i sørvestre Kanaan.
Dens belyggenhet ble gjenoppdaget i moderne tid, og utgravninger ble foretatt på stedet mellom 1981 og 1996,[1][2][3] noe som førte til at Ekron er en av de best dokumenterte filisteiske byer. Ekron nevnes både i den hebraiske Bibelen (i Josvas bok og i Første Samuelsbok og Andre Kongebok) og i ikke-hebraiske kilder, for eksempel i den assyriske kong Sargon IIs palass i Khorsabad.
N. Bierling (1998). Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavations, 1995-1996, Field XNW, Areas 77, 78, 79, 89, 90, 101, 102: Iron Age I.
Litteratur
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Baruch Brandl, Two Engraved Tridacna Shells from Tel Miqne-Ekron, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 323, pp.49–62, 2001
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