Zephaniah 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken Therefore seek the Lord; and not to the Philistines, since they would be destroyed, to whom Gaza, and the oth...
Gaza [N] [H] [S]called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ; 1?Kings 4:24 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ), strong, a city on the Mediterranea...
Overview - Amos 1 1?The time when Amos prophesied. 3?He shews God's judgment upon Syria, 6?upon the Philistines, 9?upon Tyrus, 11?upon Edom, 13?upo...
Overview - 1?Samuel 6 1?After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark. 10?They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto...
GAZITES gaz'-its: Inhabitants of Gaza, who were Philistines when the Israelites came into contact with them (Joshua 13:3; Judges 16:2), but there was...
Hazerim [N] [E](villages ). The Avim, or more accurately the Avvim, are said to have lived in the villages (Authorized Version Hazerim) as far as Gaz...
Jeremiah 47:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines As the former prophecies were against the Egyptians, the ...
1 Samuel 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, &c.] Encouraged by the oracle of the Lord: and came to the brook Besor;...
Overview - Judges 6 1?The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian. 8?A prophet rebukes them. 11?An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance....
Overview - Joshua 10 1?Five kings war against Gibeon. 6?Joshua rescues it. 10?God fights against them with hailstones. 12?The sun and moon stand stil...
Chapter 77:12? Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. Shuppim Shupham and Hupham. Numbers 26:39 . 7:28? And the...
Beth-le-Aphrah(RSV Micah 1:10 ), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads in the house of Aphrah. This is probably the name of a town in the Sheph...
Overview - Jeremiah 47 1?The destruction of the Philistines. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeremiah 47:1??(King James Version)The word of the LORD th...
BESOR, THE BROOK be'-sor, (nachal besor; Codex Alexandrinus, Bechor, Codex Vaticanus, Beana; 1?Samuel 30:9,20,21; Josephus, Ant, VI, xiv, 6): A torre...
Ashdod [N] [H]stronghold, a Philistine city ( Joshua 15:47 ), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It was one of t...
LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES (ceren, same as Hebrew word for axle, probably a native designation): These lords (Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 16:5, etc.; 1?Sa...
GOTHOLIAS goth-o-li'-as (Gotholias): Father of Josias, one of the sons of Elam who returned from Babylon with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:33). The name correspo...
Sorek [N] [E] [H](red ), The valley of, a wady in which lay the residence of Delilah. ( Judges 16:4 ) It was possibly nearer Gaza than any other of t...
Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel For those that escaped the sword fled elsewhere, particularly to...
Chapter 4747:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote a Gaza. (a) Or Azzah, a city of th...