Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Aphrah » A city
Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
Aphrah (place) » A place in philistia
Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
Gath » One of the five chief cities of the philistines
Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken to be Canaanite property: the five chiefs of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, as well as the Avvim;
Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;
Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?