For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
From Tiphsah - i:e., Thapsaeus, a large and flourishing town on the west bank of the Euphrates, the name of which was derived from a celebrated ford near it, the lowest on that river.
Even to Azzah - i:e., Gaza, on the southwestern extremity, not far from the Mediterranean. This period is a splendid parenthesis in the historic page of Israel.