oThe prophet Zephaniah (2:4-7) predicts:
nAshkelon is to be reduced to ruins but later inhabited by Jews;
nEkron was to be uprooted.
oIn fact, both were inhabited till the Crusades, then both were destroyed.
nAskelonŐs harbor was filled with stones. Since 1948, its harbor has been rebuilt,
and the city is inhabited by Jews.
nEkron has not even been located for certain, but the best
candidate for its site is
merely farmland.