Philistine city named in Judges and prophetic texts.
21 appearances13 Bible books1 known aliases
Who or what is this?
Southernmost of the five cities and a key caravan stop on the road to Egypt, occupied by the giant before being assigned to . carries off its city gates by night and finally dies in its temple of , pulling down the pillars on the assembled lords and a crowd of three thousand. 's empire reaches as far as Gaza, the prophets repeatedly denounce it, and in Acts 8 Philip meets the eunuch on the desert road that goes down from to Gaza.
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Modern location: Tell Harube. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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