Amos 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzzi...
Overview - Jeremiah 47 1?The destruction of the Philistines. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeremiah 47:5??(King James Version)Baldness is come upon G...
Madmannah [N] [E] [H](dunghill ), one of the towns in the south district of Judah. ( Joshua 15:31 ) In the time of Eusebius and Jerome it was called ...
Overview - Acts 8 1?By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles...
GAZA ga'-za (`azzah, strong; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh): One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the oldest, situated near the co...
MEARAH me-a'-ra (me`arah; omitted in the Septuagint): A town or district mentioned only in Joshua 13:4, as belonging to the Zidonians. The name as it...
Overview - Joshua 11 1?Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom. 10?Hazor is taken and burnt. 16?All the country taken by Joshua. 21?The Anakims c...
Overview - Joshua 15 1?The borders of the lot Judah. 13?Caleb's portion and conquest. 16?Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wi...
Whilst we are treating upon the word Aenon, I cannot but observe that the word is divided both in the Syriac and Arabic version: Syriac, In the founta...
And here I cannot but amend the reading of Pliny, or at least shew that it wants mending; in whom we read thus: Thence the Nabateans inhabit the town ...
GAZATHITES ga'-zath-its (`azzathim): The inhabitants of GAZA (which see) (Joshua 13:3 the King James Version), rendered Gazites (Judges 16:2). Copyri...
ANTHEDON an-the'-don: A city of Palestine, rebuilt along with Samaria, Ashdod, Gaza, and other cities, at Gabinius' command (Josephus, Ant, XIV, v, 3...
AZZAH az'-a (`azzah, strong): the King James Version form (Deuteronomy 2:23; 1?Kings 4:24; Jeremiah 25:20) for the Revised Version (British and Ameri...
Azzah [N](the strong ). The more accurate rendering of the name of the well-known Philistine city Gaza. ( 2:23 ; 1?Kings 4:24 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ) [...
Judges 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza, with the coast thereof Which by lot fell to that tribe, ( Joshua 15:47 ) ; it was not till now subdued: and Ashkelo...
Overview - Zechariah 9 1?God defends his church. 9?Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom. 12?God's promises...
Besor [E] [H]A brook near Gaza 1 Samuel 30:9 1 Samuel 30:10 1 Samuel 30:21 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary[H]...
Joshua 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and, her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages Gaza was another of the principalities of the Philistines, ...
1 Chronicles 7:28 And their possessions and habitations That is, of the sons of Ephraim, when come into the land of Canaan: were Bethel, and the town...
Overview - Judges 16 1?Samson at Gaza escapes, and carries away the gates of the city. 4?Delilah, corrupted by the Philistines, entices Samson. 6?Th...