Accaron

ACCARON. Apoc. form of Ekron. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) Mentioned in 1 Macc 10:89 the [[King James Version]]; a town of the Philistines, known as Ekron (`eqron) in [[Old Testament]], which King Alexander gave to Jonathan Maccabeus as a reward for successful military service in western Palestine. It is also mentioned in the days of the Crusades. See [[Ekron]].