19 (A)The territory of the Canaanite [a]extended from Sidon [b]going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and [c]going toward (B)Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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  1. Genesis 10:19 Lit was
  2. Genesis 10:19 Lit as you go
  3. Genesis 10:19 Lit as you go

24 For he was ruling over everything [a]west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah even to (A)Gaza, (B)over all the kings [b]west of the River; and (C)he had peace on all sides surrounding him.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
  2. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond

20 and to all the (A)foreign [a]people, all the kings of the (B)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (C)Philistines (that is, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (D)Ashdod);

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  1. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mercenaries

This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (A)Gaza, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they led into exile an entire population
To (B)turn them over to Edom.

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For (A)Gaza will be abandoned,
And Ashkelon will become a desolation;
The inhabitants of (B)Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
And (C)Ekron will be uprooted.

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