The territoryof the Canaaniteextendedfrom Sidonas you gotoward Gerar,as faras Gaza;as you gotoward Sodomand Gomorrahand Admahand Zeboiim,as faras Lasha.
and the Arvaditeand the Zemariteand the Hamathite;and afterwardthe familiesof the Canaanitewere spreadabroad.
Theseare the sonsof Ham,according to their families,according to their languages,by their lands,by their nations.
[that] they madewarwith Berakingof Sodom,and with Birshakingof Gomorrah,Shinabkingof Admah,and Shemeberkingof Zeboiim,and the kingof Bela(that is, Zoar).
Allthesecameas alliesto the valleyof Siddim(that is, the SaltSea).
And the LORDsaid,"The outcryof Sodomand Gomorrahis indeedgreat,and their sinis exceedinglygrave.
Now Abrahamjourneyedfrom theretoward the landof the Negev,and settledbetweenKadeshand Shur;then he sojournedin Gerar.
Now there was a faminein the land,besidesthe previousfaminethat had occurredin the daysof Abraham.So Isaacwentto Gerar,to Abimelechkingof the Philistines.
So the LORDroutedthe EthiopiansbeforeAsaand beforeJudah,and the Ethiopiansfled.
Asaand the peoplewho[were] with him pursuedthem as faras Gerar;and so many Ethiopiansfellthat they could not recover,for they were shatteredbeforethe LORDand beforeHis army.And they carriedaway verymuchplunder.
That you may takeit to its territoryAnd that you may discernthe pathsto its home?
He has stretchedHis handout overthe sea,He has made the kingdomstremble;The LORDhas givena commandconcerningCanaanto demolishits strongholds.
Be ashamed,O Sidon;For the seaspeaks,the strongholdof the sea,saying,"I have neithertravailednorgivenbirth,I have neitherbroughtup youngmen[nor] rearedvirgins."
and allthe foreignpeople,allthe kingsof the landof Uz,allthe kingsof the landof the Philistines(even Ashkelon,Gaza,Ekronand the remnantof Ashdod);
That whichcameas the wordof the LORDto Jeremiahthe prophetconcerningthe Philistines,beforePharaohconqueredGaza.
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardSidon,prophesyagainsther
Howcan I giveyou up, O Ephraim?How can I surrenderyou, O Israel?Howcan I makeyou like Admah?How can I treatyou like Zeboiim?My heartis turnedoverwithinMe, AllMy compassionsare kindled.
But an angelof the Lordspoketo Philipsaying,"Getup and gosouthto the roadthat descendsfrom Jerusalemto Gaza."(Thisis a desert[road].)
And the Avvim,who livedin villagesas faras Gaza,the Caphtorimwho camefrom Caphtor,destroyedthem and livedin their place.)
"When the MostHighgavethe nationstheir inheritance,When He separatedthe sonsof man,He setthe boundariesof the peoplesAccording to the numberof the sonsof Israel.
and Ebronand Rehoband Hammonand Kanah,as faras GreatSidon.
Now Samsonwentto Gazaand sawa harlotthere,and wentin to her.
So they would campagainstthem and destroythe produceof the earthas faras Gaza,and leavenosustenancein Israelas well as no sheep,ox,or donkey.
and anothercompanyturnedtowardBeth-horon,and anothercompanyturnedtowardthe borderwhich overlooksthe valleyof Zeboimtoward the wilderness.
