Amo 1:6-8 | TNotes | STEP | 1:6 The Philistine city of Gaza , on the seacoast at the southwest edge of Palestine, was the gateway for traffic between Africa and Asia. Its sin was slave trading; Philistia had raided Israel or Judah and sold whole villages into slavery to Edom .

c2 Chr 26:6►

e2 Kgs 12:17►

f2 Chr 26:6►

gZech 9:5-7►

‏ Amos 1:6-8

1:6 ^a The Philistine city of Gaza, on the seacoast at the southwest edge of Palestine, was the gateway for traffic between Africa and Asia. Its sin was slave trading; Philistia had raided Israel or Judah and sold whole villages into slavery to Edom.
1:7 ^b I will send down fire: Uzziah conquered Philistia (2 Chr 26:6 ^c); in 701 BC, the Assyrian invasion all but ended the distinct identity of the Philistines.
1:8 ^d The Philistine cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon were on or near the seacoast, while Ekron lay inland. Gath is not mentioned here, as it had been conquered earlier by Hazael (2 Kgs 12:17 ^e) and then Uzziah (2 Chr 26:6 ^f).

• the few Philistines still left: The Philistines maintained their ethnic identity through the Assyrian period, but this distinction faded by the time of the Persians (Zech 9:5-7 ^g).