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The boundaries of the Canaanites stretch from Sidon in the area of Gerar up to Gaza, and then go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, up to Lasha.
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The Avvim, who lived in villages up to Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorim who came from Caphtor. They dwell in their place.)
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Joshua conquered from Kadesh-barnea up to Gaza, and the whole territory of Goshen up to Gibeon.
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No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. The only ones who survived lived in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
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from Sihor which lay near Egypt, to the territory of Ekron in the north (all of which is Canaanite). This is the territory of the five lords of the Philistines: of the Gazathites, of the Ashdodthites, of the Ash-kalonites, of the Gittites, of the Ekronites, that is, the Avites.
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There was Ashdod along with its dependent towns and villages, as well as Gaza along with its dependent towns and villages, all the way to the Wadi of Egypt and the coast of the Great Sea.
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Judah captured Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.
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They camped against them and devastated the produce of the land all the way up to Gaza. They did not leave a living thing in Israel, not a sheep, nor an ox, nor a donkey.
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Chapter 16
Samson at Gaza. One day Samson went to Gaza. He saw a prostitute there, and he had sex with her.
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The people in Gaza were told, “Samson is here.” They surrounded the place where he was staying, and they lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, saying, “In the morning we will kill him.”
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The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They took him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze shackles, setting him to grind grain in prison.
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The golden tumors that the Philistines sent back as a guilt offering to the Lord were for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron: one tumor for each city.
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He ruled over all of this side of the river, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all of the kings on this side of the river. He had peace on every side.
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He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from its watchtower to its fortified city.
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All those who were in the rear fell by the sword, and the rest were pursued as far as Gazara and the plains of Judea, to Azotus and Jamnia, with about three thousand of them slain.
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The Jews pursued them a day’s journey, from Adasa as far as Gazara, sounding their trumpets in warning as they followed.
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He also fortified the city of Beth-zur, Gazara, and the citadel, and in them he placed soldiers and stores of provisions.
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From there he proceeded to Gaza, but the people of Gaza closed their gates to him. Therefore, he besieged Gaza, burning down its suburbs and plundering them.
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Then the people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan for mercy, and he granted them peace, taking the sons of their rulers as hostages and sending them to Jerusalem. He then traveled through the country as far as Damascus.
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Simon Captures Gazara. About that time, Simon besieged Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He constructed a siege-machine, and after he had brought it up to the town, he opened a breach in one of the towers and captured it.
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And since his son John had now reached manhood, he appointed him as commander of all the forces, with his residence in Gazara.
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He took many captives and conquered Gazara, Beth-zur, and the citadel. He cleansed the citadel of its defilement; no one was able to withstand him.
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He also fortified Joppa by the sea and Gazara on the border of Azotus, formerly occupied by the enemy. He resettled Jews there and provided them with everything that was necessary for their restoration.
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Antiochus sent Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with Simon and say: “You are occupying Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem, cities that are part of my kingdom.
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As regards Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, these towns were causing great damage among our people and in our land. However, we are willing to pay you one hundred talents for these cities.”