Gaza
16 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
11 sections
- A City of the Tribe of Ephraim
- Also Called Azzah: A City of the Avim and Anakim
- Also Called Azzah: A City of the Philistines
- Also Called Azzah: A Temple of Dagon, Situated At
- Also Called Azzah: Allotted to Judah
- Also Called Azzah: Desert of
- Also Called Azzah: On the Western Boundary of the Kingdom of Israel in the Time of Solomon
- Also Called Azzah: One of the Border Cities of the Canaanites
- Also Called Azzah: Prophecies Relating To
- Also Called Azzah: Samson Dies At
- Also Called Azzah: Struck by Pharaoh
A City of the Tribe of Ephraim
- Judges 6:4 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.
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 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.
Also Called Azzah: A City of the Avim and Anakim
- Deuteronomy 2:23 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.)
- Joshua 11:22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
Also Called Azzah: A City of the Philistines
- Joshua 13:3 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;
- Jeremiah 25:20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Also Called Azzah: A Temple of Dagon, Situated At
- Judges 16:23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Also Called Azzah: Allotted to Judah
- Joshua 15:47 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.
- Judges 1:18 And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron — each with its territory.
Also Called Azzah: Desert of
- Acts 8:26–39 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.” …
Also Called Azzah: On the Western Boundary of the Kingdom of Israel in the Time of Solomon
- 1 Kings 4:24 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.
Also Called Azzah: One of the Border Cities of the Canaanites
- Genesis 10:19 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.
Also Called Azzah: Prophecies Relating To
- Amos 1:6–7 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. …
- Zephaniah 2:4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- Zechariah 9:5 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.
Also Called Azzah: Samson Dies At
- Judges 16:21–31 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. …
Also Called Azzah: Struck by Pharaoh
- Jeremiah 47:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
Related topics
Samson is Blinded by the Philistines and Confined to Hard Labor in PrisonPhilipEthiopiaAshkelonEkronRevenge by Samson
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.