Says the prophecy: “As regards Gaza, an abandoned city is what she will become; and Ashkelon is to be a desolate waste. As regards Ashdod, at high noon they will drive her out; and as regards Ekron, she will be uprooted. ”
गज्जा, अष्कलोन, अश्‍दोद व एक्रोन या सर्व पलिष्टी नगरांचा सर्वनाश ठरलेला होता. — सफन्या २: ४ - ७.