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Ascalon, Gaza, Negev, Sinai
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123. Gaza - (Gaza, al -'Azzah) |
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Gaza (Deut 2:23) a city of the Evaeans, in which Cappadocians dwelt after they killed the former inhabitans. In antiquity it was a boundary of the Canaanites towards Egypt, and fell into the lot of the tribe of Judah, but they could not conquer it nor could they do away with the aliens who dwelt in it, because the Enakim, that is, the giants, the most strong of all the aliens, held out. And today it is a famous city of Palestine. One might ask, how it is that in a certain prophet (Jer 47:5; Zeph 2:4) Gaza is said to be destined to remain in ruins forever? and the explanation is that the site of the ancient city hardly shows a trace of the foundations, while the city that is seen today was built in another location, in place of the one that was destroyed. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 62:22-26; Jerome 63:16-23) |
Photo: In the main mosque of Gaza, which was formerly a church of the Crusaders, are shown also remains from a synagogue. |