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 - Acts 8 1?By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ) [...
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...
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]...