Gaza

Identified as

Tell Harube

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.504° N, 34.464° E

• Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuchc. AD 32

Gaza· Azzah· Ayyah· Gazathites

• Γάζα·Gaza
• עַזָּה·Gaza
• עַיָּה·Ayyah
• עַזָּתִי·Gaza

1. Genesis 10:19עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   …and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
2. Deuteronomy 2:23עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
3. Joshua 10:41עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
4. Joshua 11:22עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
5. Joshua 13:3עַזָּתִי · Gaza
   …from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
6. Joshua 15:47עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
7. Judges 1:18עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
8. Judges 6:4עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   …encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
9. Judges 16:1עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
   One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
10. Judges 16:2עַזָּתִי · Gaza
    When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
11. Judges 16:21עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
12. 1 Samuel 6:17עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
13. 1 Kings 4:24עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
14. 2 Kings 18:8עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
15. 1 Chronicles 7:28עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
16. Jeremiah 25:20עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    …all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
17. Jeremiah 47:1עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
18. Jeremiah 47:5עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
19. Amos 1:6עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
20. Amos 1:7עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
21. Zephaniah 2:4עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
22. Zechariah 9:5עַיָּה · Ayyah; עַזָּה · Gaza
    Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
23. Acts 8:26Γάζα · Gaza
    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”