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Gazites

Gazites gaz'-its: Inhabitants of Gaza, who were Philistines when the Israelites came into contact with them (Jos 13:3, Jdg 16:2), but there was an older stratum of population which occupied the place before th...

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Gazites gaz'-its:

Inhabitants of Gaza, who were Philistines when the Israelites came into contact with them (Jos 13:3, Jdg 16:2), but there was an older stratum of population which occupied the place before the invasion of the Philistines, probably of Amorite stock.

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