Migdal-gad
Migdal-gad
(Heb. Migdal’-Gad, , tower of fortune; Sept. ), a town in the plain of Judah, mentioned between Hadashah and Dilean (Jos 15:37); probably the el-Mejdel a short distance northeast of Ascalon (Schwarz, Palest. page 103; Van de Velde, Memoir, page 334). It is a prosperous village, encircled by luxuriant orchards and olive groves, and fields unsurpassed in fertility. Among the houses are many traces of antiquity-large hewn stones and broken columns. Some three miles south- east of Mejdel is the village of Jenin, which may perhaps be the Zenan noted by Joshua. in the group with Migdal-gad; and ten miles distant in the same direction are the ruins of Lachish and Eglon (Porter, Hand-book, page 261, 272).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Migdal-gad (2)
The supposed modern representative of this site, el-lejdel, three miles north-east of Ascalon, is an important place of 1500 inhabitants, but without signs of antiquity (Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey, 2:410).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Migdal-gad
tower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a little to the north-east of Ascalon (Josh. 15:37).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Migdal Gad
An old sanctuary, probably of Gad, the god of fortune; in the shephelah or “low-rolling hills” of Judah (Jos 15:37).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Migdal-Gad
MIGDAL-GAD.A town in the Shephlah, in the territory of Judah (Jos 15:37), which cannot be identified with any certainty. Guthe suggests Khirbet el-Mejdeleh, about S miles S. of Belt Jibrn, with remains of buildings, cisterns, and rock-hewn tombs; or Khirbet el-Mejdel, about 14 miles S. of Beit Jibrn, with extensive ruins, etc. Warren (Hastings DB [Note: Dictionary of the Bible.] ) suggests el-Mejdel, a thriving village 21/2 miles N.E. of Ashkelon. The name Tower of Gad probably points to its having been a seat of idolatry, where the Canaanites worshipped GadGood Luck or Fortune.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Migdal-Gad
A city of Judah. (Jos 15:37)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Migdal-Gad
migdal-gad (, mighdalgadh, tower of Gad): One of a group of 16 cities of Judah situated in the lowland (Jos 15:37). Of these, only Lachish, Eglon, Beth-dagon and Naamah have been identified with any certainty. This would indicate a site in the Philistine plain, and the modern flourishing town of Mejdel, 2 1/2 miles Northeast of Ashkelon, appears to be a possible identification. It is the most important town in the district which is named after it Nahiet el-Mejdel. It must, however, be admitted that it is difficult to see how Judah could have held a site so close to the great Philistine strongholds. It is very probable that Mejdel (tower) is the tower mentioned in Josephus, BJ, III, ii, 3, as close to Ashkelon, and it or Migdalgad (or both if they are the same sites) may be identical with the Magtal of the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Petrie, Hist. Egypt, II, 329). For Mejdel see Palestine Exploration Fund, II, 410, Sh XVI.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Migdal-Gad
H402 H4028
A city of Judah.
Jos 15:37
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Migdal-gad
Mig’dal-gad. (tower of Gad). A city of Judah, Jos 15:37, in the district of the Shefelah, or maritime lowland.