Lod

A town on the Sharon plain about ten miles southeast of Joppa, founded by Shemed of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:12) and resettled by returning exiles (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35). In the New Testament it appears under its Greek name Lydda, where Peter healed the paralyzed Aeneas — a miracle that brought the whole region of Sharon to faith and prepared the way for Peter's vision in nearby Joppa (Acts 9:32-35). The city sat at a strategic crossroads where the highland routes met the coastal plain.