Alouette, I have been looking over maps of the Holy Land as ruled over by King David and maps which show the land given to Israel by God to Joshua and the twelve tribes.
I was surprised to see that the area of Gaza does not appear to be part of this land mass. On all the old maps its called either Philistia or Philistines.
I'm a complete supporter of Israel and the cutting up of God's land, especially the Gaza deportation. Now, I'm confused. Do you or anyone know how Gaza became part of God's Israel?
--Marty
BTW, here's one link of a map : http://www.bible.ca/maps/maps-united-kingdom.htm
Sorry to stray off the topic of Sham nesty International...
--Marty
Part of the land of Judan, finally conquored by Jonathan Maccabee around 150 bc, though there was a Jewish presence prior to that.