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Gaza

Town · also Ayyah

Location disputed Et Tell: about 16 km (10 miles, 85 furlongs) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Et Tell Possible
  • Khirbet Haiyan Possible
  • Turmus Ayya Possible
  • Khirbet el Maqatir Less likely
  • Khirbet Nisieh Less likely

Gaza in the Bible Dictionary · Another Gaza (town · Genesis 10:19)

Named in 1 Verse

  • 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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