- 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).
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
Migdal-gad
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