Gaza

One of the five cities of the Philistines (Gen. 10:19; Josh. 10:41; 11:22; 15:47; Judg. 1:18; 6:4). Its gates were carried away by Samson (Judg. 16:1–3, 21; see also 1 Sam. 6:17; 2 Kgs. 18:8). Prophecies concerning Gaza are found in Jer. 47:1, 5; Amos 1:6; Zeph. 2:4; Zech. 9:5. The name was also spelled Azzah.