SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Gaza

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • ʿAzzȧ Biblical Hebrew
  • Γάζα Gaza Greek
  • Hazatu Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Great Sea Great Sea Gath Gath Euphrates Euphrates Ekron Ekron Edom EDOM Caphtor CAPHTOR ? Canaan CANAAN Brook of Egypt Brook of Egypt Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashdod Ashdod Admah Admah Egypt EGYPT Gaza Gaza 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ASHKELON · ASHDOD · EKRON · GATH 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Ashkelon ABOUT 12 MI (19 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ashdod ABOUT 21 MI (34 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Ekron ABOUT 30 MI (48 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 49 MI (79 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

20 PASSAGES · 12 BOOKS

Genesis 1
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 4
Judges 4
1 Samuel 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 1
Jeremiah 3
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
Acts 1

COORDINATES 31.5040, 34.4644

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