Accho: Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of
Asher, but never acquired by them
(Judges 1:31) It was known to the
ancient Greeks and Romans by the name of Ptolemais, from Ptolemy the
king of Egypt, who rebuilt it about B.C. 100 Here Paul landed on his
last journey to Jerusalem
(Acts 21:7) During the crusades of the
Middle Ages it was called Acra; and subsequently, on account of its
being occupied by the Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem, it was
called St. Jean d'Acre, or simply Acre.
