John Trapp on Jeremiah 47:1

CHAP. XLVII.

Ver. 1. BEfore that Pharaoh ſmote Gaza] Called alſo Gazer and Gazera, having its name not from the Perſian Gaza ſignifying wealth or treaſure, but from an Hebrew word ſignifying ſtrength. It was firſt ſmitten by Pharaoh at his return from Carchemiſh likely, after he had ſlain Joſiah, and afterwards worſted the Babylonian at Euphrates. Next by Nebuchadnezzar, this and the four other ſatrapies of the Philiſtines were overrun then when he came againſt Egypt. After that, it was beſieged and taken by Alexander the great who laid it waſte. Yet was it built again and called Conſtantia after the name of Conſtantine the great his ſiſter, being one of the chief Cities in Syria, and having received the faith. Euſeb de vit. Conſtant. l. 4.