"For three transgressions of Damascus – make that four – I will [no longer tolerate] them because they threshed Gil[e]ad with sledges of iron. And I will send fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad. And I will break the bolt of Damascus and I will cut off an inhabitant from Bikath-Aven, and one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden, and the people of Aram shall be deported to Kir, says the L-rd. For three transgressions of Gaza – make that four – I will [no longer tolerate] them because they carried away captive whole towns, selling out to Edom. And I will send fire into Gaza, and it shall consume its palaces. And I will banish an inhabitant from Ashdod and one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will smite Ekron repeatedly, and the remnant of the Philistines will die, says the L-rd G-d" [Amos 3:8].