Gath

Identified as

Tell es Safi

Certainty

Likely (85% of scholarship) · 5 other possible locations

Coordinates

31.700° N, 34.847° E

Gath· Gittite· Metheg-ammah

• גַּיְא·Gath
• גַּת·Gath
• גִּתִּי·Gittite
• מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה·Metheg-ammahmeans “bridle of bondage”

1. Joshua 11:22גַּת · Gath
   No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
2. Joshua 13:3גִּתִּי · Gittite
   …from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
3. 1 Samuel 5:8גַּת · Gath
   So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
4. 1 Samuel 6:17גַּת · Gath
   As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
5. 1 Samuel 7:14גַּת · Gath
   The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
6. 1 Samuel 17:4גַּת · Gath
   Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
7. 1 Samuel 17:23גַּת · Gath
   And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
8. 1 Samuel 17:52גַּיְא · Gath; גַּת · Gath
   Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
9. 1 Samuel 21:10גַּת · Gath
   That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
10. 1 Samuel 21:12גַּת · Gath
    Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
11. 1 Samuel 27:2גַּת · Gath
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
12. 1 Samuel 27:3גַּת · Gath
    David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
13. 1 Samuel 27:4גַּת · Gath
    And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
14. 1 Samuel 27:11גַּת · Gath
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
15. 2 Samuel 1:20גַּת · Gath
    Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
16. 2 Samuel 6:10גִּתִּי · Gittite
    So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
17. 2 Samuel 6:11גִּתִּי · Gittite
    Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
18. 2 Samuel 8:1מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה · Metheg-ammah
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
19. 2 Samuel 15:18גַּת · Gath; גִּתִּי · Gittite
    …and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
20. 2 Samuel 15:19גִּתִּי · Gittite
    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
21. 2 Samuel 15:22גִּתִּי · Gittite
    “March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
22. 2 Samuel 18:2גִּתִּי · Gittite
    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
23. 2 Samuel 21:19גִּתִּי · Gittite
    Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
24. 2 Samuel 21:20גַּת · Gath
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
25. 2 Samuel 21:22גַּת · Gath
    So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
26. 1 Kings 2:39גַּת · Gath
    After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
27. 1 Kings 2:40גַּת · Gath
    So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
28. 1 Kings 2:41גַּת · Gath
    When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
29. 2 Kings 12:17גַּת · Gath
    At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
30. 1 Chronicles 7:21גַּת · Gath
    Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
31. 1 Chronicles 8:13גַּת · Gath
    …and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
32. 1 Chronicles 13:13גִּתִּי · Gittite
    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
33. 1 Chronicles 18:1גַּת · Gath
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
34. 1 Chronicles 20:5גִּתִּי · Gittite
    Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
35. 1 Chronicles 20:6גַּת · Gath
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
36. 1 Chronicles 20:8גַּת · Gath
    So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
37. 2 Chronicles 11:8גַּת · Gath
    Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
38. 2 Chronicles 26:6גַּת · Gath
    Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
39. Psalm 56:1גַּת · Gath
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
40. Amos 6:2גַּת · Gath
    Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
41. Micah 1:10גַּת · Gath
    Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.