Ashdod Travelers guide

27 During the first half of the tenth century BC Ashdod was one of the largest cities in Israel. However, in 960 BC the city was destroyed. According to researchers, it was either Pharaoh Siamun , the sixth Egyptian king of the 21st dynasty, who destroyed it, or King David , during one of his battles against the Philistines. The port of Tel Mor was also destroyed together with the city. With the renewal of the Philistine settlement in the city in the eighth century BC, Ashdod was restored and became the glorious capital of the land of the Philistia (the name of the land of Philistines, which stretched between Gaza and Jaffa). However, this time the Philistine rule was short-lived. In the middle of the eighth century BC the city was completely destroyed by Uzziah King of Judea as part of his quest to conquer Philistia ("He went to war against the Philistines , and broke down the walls of Gat, Yavneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns at Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines...", II Chronicles, 26:6-8). A little history