Gath in the Bible
Meaning: a wine-press
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They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath,
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the borders of it did Israel deliver from the hands of the Philistines: and there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span.
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, from the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam.
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess Nabal's wife.
And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should inform against us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
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Gath » One of the five chief cities of the philistines
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
go from there to great Hamath;
then go down to Gath
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Is their territory larger than yours?
Gath » David takes refuge at
so he pretended to be insane in their presence. He acted like a madman around them,scribbling on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard. "Look! You can see the man is crazy," Achish said to his servants. "Why did you bring him to me? Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house?"
Now David said to Achish, "If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?" That day Achish gave Ziklag to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today. The time that David stayed in the Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Gath » Goliath lived in
These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.
Gath » Band of gittites, attached to david
But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!" "March on," David replied to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and the children who were with him.
Gath » Shimei's servants escape to
Gath » Anakim, a race of giants, inhabitants of
Gath » Recovered by jehoash
Gath » Captured by hazael
Gath » Inhabitants of, called gittites
Gath » Obed-edom belonged to
Gath » Besieged by uzziah
Gath » Fortified by rehoboam
Gath » Captured by david
Gath » The ark of the covenant taken to
“The ark of Israel’s God should be moved to Gath,” they replied. So the men of Ashdod moved the ark.