Ptolemais (Acco, Accho)

This seacoast town of Palestine was only mentioned twice in the O.T. (Judg.1v31; possibly Mic.1v10 [LXX]). It is to be identified with the city known as Acco in the O.T. It is mentioned once in the N.T. (Ac.21v7). The modern name is Akka or Acre. It is located 8 miles north of Mt. Carmel and about 30 miles due south of Tyre.

Accho

Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never acquired by them (Judg. 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 dAcre, or simply Acre.