The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

Pharaoh-necho probably smote Gaza on his return after defeating Josiah at Megiddo (). (Grotius.) Or Pharaoh-hophra (; ) is intended: probably, on his return from his fruitless attempt to save Jerusalem from the Chaldeans, he smote Gaza, in order that his expedition might not be thought altogether in vain (Calvin). (Amos 1:6.)

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