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Gaza

Gaza (Biblical Place • 31.525°N, 34.433°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Deut 2:23 , Josh 10:41 , Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:47 . It is closely linked with Ayyah (Biblical Place • Gaza • 31.525°N, 34.433°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 7:28 (identified with Gaza).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Lot (Generation 21 • Child of Haran ): ( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 12 , Genesis 13 ) Ezra (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( Ezra 7:1 ) Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra. (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4 , Ezra 7 , Ezra 10 ) Gad (Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Gad is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 30:11 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 ) (mentioned in Genesis 30 , Genesis 35 , Genesis 46 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gaza (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Deut 2:23 , Josh 10:41 , Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:47 .) Ayyah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 7:28 (identified with Gaza ).) Uzza (?. Referenced in 2 Kgs 21:18 , 2 Kgs 21:26 .) Gaash (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 24:30 , Judg 2:9 , 2 Sam 23:30 , 1 Chr 11:32 (identified with Timnath-heres ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Zechariah 9:5 : " Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron ; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza , and Ashkelon s..."; Judges 16:1 : "Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her."; Amos 1:7 : "But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:". Related canonical books and chapters: Jeremiah 47 ( Jeremiah • Chapter 47 (7 verses)), Judges 16 ( Judges • Chapter 16 (31 verses)), Amos 1 ( Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Gaza
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.525°N, 34.433°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Deut 2:23 , Josh 10:41 , Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , Josh 15:47 .

Ayyah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gaza • 31.525°N, 34.433°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 7:28 (identified with Gaza ).

Jeremiah 47
99% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 47 (7 verses)

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and the... Mentions: Gaza , Tyre , Caphtor , Ashkelon .

Judges 16
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Judges • Chapter 16 (31 verses)

Then went Samson to Gaza , and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it i... Mentions: Hebron , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Zorah , Eshtaol .

Amos 1
99% Chapter
Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)

The words of Amos , who was among the herdmen of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel , two years before the earthquake. And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion , and utter his voice ... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel, Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Joash , Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus .

Judges 6
99% Chapter
Judges • Chapter 6 (40 verses)

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Midian, Amalekites , Joash , Manasseh , Gaza , Egypt , Ophrah 2 , Baal .

Zephaniah
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 3 Chapters

Zephaniah (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Zephaniah, Amariah , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Baal . Key places: Jerusalem , Baal , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron . Opens with: "The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah , the son of Hizkiah, in the days of..."

Zephaniah 2
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Zephaniah • Chapter 2 (15 verses)

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth... Mentions: Canaan , Judah , Moab , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron .

Acts 8
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Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .

1 Samuel 6
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1 Samuel • Chapter 6 (21 verses)

And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. And they said, If ye send away the ark of the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Abel , Ekron , Ashdod , Gaza , Ashkelon , Gath .

Judges
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."

2 Kings 18
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2 Kings • Chapter 18 (37 verses)

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Abi, the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Ahaz , Judah , David , Jerusalem , Assyria , Gaza , Samaria , Halah .

Jeremiah 25
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Jeremiah • Chapter 25 (38 verses)

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabita... Mentions: Judah, Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Amon , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Ashkelon , Gaza .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 16 (24 verses)

And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John , and said to them, I and my brethren and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have p... Mentions: Simon, Judas , Jacob/Israel , Mattathias , Kidron , Azotus , Jericho , Jerusalem .

Zechariah
98% Old Testament
Old Testament • 14 Chapters

Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."

1 Samuel
98% Old Testament
Old Testament • 31 Chapters

1 Samuel (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Ephraim , Elkanah , Jeroham , Zuph , Eli , Phinehas . Key places: Ephraim , Shiloh , Ramah 1 , Egypt , Dan , Aphek 2 . Opens with: "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah , the son of Jeroham , the son of Elihu, the son o..."

Judges 1
95% Chapter
Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .

1 Chronicles 7
95% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 7 (40 verses)

Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron , four. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi , and Rephaiah , and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number w... Mentions: Issachar , Uzzi , Rephaiah , David , Michael , Shimron , Bela , Anathoth , Bilhah , Gilead .

1 Kings 4
94% Chapter
1 Kings • Chapter 4 (34 verses)

So king Solomon was king over all Israel . And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, Elihoreph and Ahiah , the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah), Zadok , Ahoah (or Ahiah), Ephraim , Makaz , Shaalbim , Elon , Soco .

Deuteronomy 2
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 2 (37 verses)

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. And the Lord spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Moabites , Lot , Jacob/Israel , Seir , Esau, Elath , Zered .

Zechariah 9
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Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .

Genesis 10
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Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

Joshua 11
93% Chapter
Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .

Joshua 10
92% Chapter
Joshua • Chapter 10 (43 verses)

Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel , and were among them; T... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Hebron , Japhia , Jerusalem , Jericho , Gibeon , Jarmuth 1 .

Joshua 15
92% Chapter
Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: And... Mentions: Judah , Esau (Edom), Hezron , Reuben , Caleb , Edom, Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Azmon .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (61 verses)

And Gorgias took five thousand footmen, and a thousand chosen horse, and the army removed by night, that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men of the citadel were his guides. And Judas heard thereof, and removed, he and the valiant men, tha... Mentions: Judas , Jacob/Israel , David , Jonathan , Saul , Emmaus , Azotus , Antioch 1 .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)

And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 14 (49 verses)

And in the hundred and seventy and second year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media , to get him help, that he might fight against Tryphon. And Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media , heard that Demetrius was come into his borders, and he sent one of hi... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judas , Mattathias , Media, Persia , Joppa , Rome , Jerusalem .

Uzza
76% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

?. Referenced in 2 Kgs 21:18 , 2 Kgs 21:26 .

Gaash
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Timnath-heres • 32.121°N, 35.150°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 24:30 , Judg 2:9 , 2 Sam 23:30 , 1 Chr 11:32 (identified with Timnath-heres ).

Gezer
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.876°N, 34.922°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:33 , Josh 12:12 , Josh 16:3 , Josh 16:10 , Josh 21:21 , Judg 1:29 .

Gath
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.694°N, 34.844°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:22 , Josh 13:3 , 1 Sam 5:8 , 1 Sam 6:17 , 1 Sam 7:14 , 1 Sam 17:4 .

Lot
68% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Haran

( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 )

Gozan
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.840°N, 40.069°E

from harper. Referenced in 2 Kgs 17:6 , 2 Kgs 18:11 , 2 Kgs 19:12 , 1 Chr 5:26 , Isa 37:12 .

Ezra
68% Gen 48
Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( Ezra 7:1 )Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra.

Gad
67% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Gad is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 30:11 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron ; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza , and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Judges 16:1 (KJV)
Judges 16 KJV

Then went Samson to Gaza , and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Amos 1:7 (KJV)
Amos 1 KJV

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza , which shall devour the palaces thereof:

Jeremiah 47:1 (KJV)
Jeremiah 47 KJV

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza .

And Joshua smote them from Kadesh –barnea even unto Gaza , and all the country of Goshen , even unto Gibeon .

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Ashkelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Jeremiah 47:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 47 KJV

Baldness is come upon Gaza ; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza , and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Gaza , the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor , destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza , in Gath , and in Ashdod , there remained.

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt , and the great sea, and the border thereof:

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza , which is desert.

Judges 6:4 (KJV)
Judges 6 KJV

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza , and left no sustenance for Israel , neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon , as thou comest to Gerar , unto Gaza ; as thou goest, unto Sodom , and Gomorrah , and Admah , and Zeboiim , even unto Lasha .

Judges 16:21 (KJV)
Judges 16 KJV

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza , and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

Amos 1:6 (KJV)
Amos 1 KJV

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom :

And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran , and westward Gezer , with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon , and Gaza , and Ekron , and the remnant of Ashdod ,

For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Gaza , over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

And he departed thence to Gaza , and they of Gaza shut him out; and he laid siege to it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them.

And they of Gaza made request to Jonathan , and he gave them his right hand, and took the sons of their princes for hostages, and sent them away to Jerusalem ; and he passed through the country as far as Damascus .

In those days he encamped against Gazara, and compassed it round about with armies; and he made an engine of siege, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and took it.

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