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Gazathites, Gazites

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: G By: George A. Morrish

Inhabitants of Gaza (Josh. 13:3³From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Joshua 13:3); Judg. 16:2²And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. (Judges 16:2)).

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