. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . be did obtain possession of it (Judg. ); but they did not hold it long; for soon after-ward we find it in the hands of the Philistines(Judg. iii. 3, xiii. 1, xvi. 1, 21); indeed, it seems tohave been their capital; and, notwithstanding theefforts of Samson, who died here, Gaza apparentlycontinued, through the times of Samuel, Saul, andDavid, to be a Philistine city (1 Sam. vi. 17, xiv. 52,xxxi. 1; 2 Sam. xxi. 15). Solomon became masterof it (1 K. iv. 24, A. V. Azzah ). But in after-times the same trouble with the Philistines recurred(2 K. xviii.
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . be did obtain possession of it (Judg. ); but they did not hold it long; for soon after-ward we find it in the hands of the Philistines(Judg. iii. 3, xiii. 1, xvi. 1, 21); indeed, it seems tohave been their capital; and, notwithstanding theefforts of Samson, who died here, Gaza apparentlycontinued, through the times of Samuel, Saul, andDavid, to be a Philistine city (1 Sam. vi. 17, xiv. 52,xxxi. 1; 2 Sam. xxi. 15). Solomon became masterof it (1 K. iv. 24, A. V. Azzah ). But in after-times the same trouble with the Philistines recurred(2 K. xviii. 8 ; 2 Chr. xxi. 16, xxvi. 6, xxviii. 18 ; 6, 7 ; Zeph. ii. 4 ; Zech. ix. 5). Gaza is mentionedin the N. T. (Acts viii. 26) in the account of thebaptism of the Ethiopian eunuch on his return fromJerusalem to Egypt. The words which is deserthave given rise to much discussion. The probabil-ity is, that they refer to the road, and are used bythe angel to inform Philip, who was then in Sama-ria, on what route he would find the eunuch. Be-. Gaza from S. E.—(Ayre.) sides the ordinary road from Jerusalem by Ramlehto Gaza, there was another, more favorable for car-riages (Acts viii. 28), further to the S. through He-bron, and thence through a district comparativelywithout towns, and much exposed to the incursions of people from the desert. The modern town, calledGhuzzeh, contains about 15,000 inhabitants. It issituated partly on an oblong hill of moderate heightand partly on the lower ground. The climate of theplace is almost tropical, but it has deep wells of 32i GAZ GED excellent water. There are a few palm-trees inthe town, and its fruit-orchards are very produc-tive. But the chief feature of the neighborhoodis the wide-spread olive-grove to the N. and N. ; Gazites. Gaza-ra (Gr. = Gazer or Gezer), a place fre-quently mentioned in the wars of the Maccabees,and of great importance in the operations of bothparties (1 Mc. ix. 52, xiii. 53, xiv. 7, 33, 34, 36, ,
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