THEOSISJoshua 15:47Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.
אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָ עַזָּ֥ה בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָ עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהַיָּ֥ם הגבול הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְבֽוּל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 15:4And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this shall be the limit of the south coast.
- Num 34:5And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.
- Num 34:6And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.
- Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.
- Amos 1:6Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom.
- Amos 1:7And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
- Zeph 2:4For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
- Jer 47:5Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?