Philip was set down by the Spirit at Ashdod of the Philistines, which is called by the Septuagint Azotus: names of persons and places do in tract of time vary. This place had been famous for the idol Dagon, 1 Samuel 5:3, and for being a chief place of the Philistines, those enemies to God's church; but Christ, when he comes, can cast Satan out of his strongest holds. This Azotus is accounted thirty-four miles from Gaza.
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Acts 8:40
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.