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Gath Scripture - 1 Samuel 7:14

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites....

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Gaza in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ga'-za (`azzah, "strong"; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh): One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the oldest, situated near the coast in lat. 31 degrees 30' and about 40 miles South of Jaffa. It is on a hill rising 60 to 200 ft. above the plain, with sand dunes between it and the sea, which is about 2 1/2 miles distant. The pla...

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Gaza Scripture - 1 Chronicles 7:28

And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel 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:...

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Gaza Scripture - Joshua 11:22

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....

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Gaza Scripture - 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 shall not be inhabited....

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Gennesaret in Hitchcock's Bible Names

garden of the prince...

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Gath Scripture - 1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron....

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Gaza in Naves Topical Bible

1. Also called AZZAH A city of the Philistines Jos 13:3; Jer 25:20 One of the border cities of the Canaanites Ge 10:19 A city of the Avim and Anakim De 2:23; Jos 11:22 Allotted to Judah Jos 15:47; Jud 1:18 A temple of Dagon, situated at Jud 16:23 Samson dies at Jud 16:21-31 On the western boundary of the kingdom of Israel in the time ...

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Gaza Scripture - Joshua 15:47

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]:...

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Gath in Naves Topical Bible

One of the five chief cities of the Philistines Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:17; Am 6:2; Mic 1:10 -Anakim, a race of giants, inhabitants of Jos 11:22 -Goliath lived in 1Sa 17:4; 1Ch 20:5-8 -Obed-edom belonged to 2Sa 6:10 -The ark of the covenant taken to 1Sa 5:8 -Inhabitants of, called GITTITES Jos 13:3 -David takes refuge at 1Sa 21:10-15; 27:2-7 ...

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