Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.

and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.