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Place

Gath

Philistine city

Philistine city associated with Goliath and David's flight.

37 appearances9 Bible books1 known aliases

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One of the five cities of the pentapolis, home of and other warriors of unusual stature said to be descended from the . flees there twice during Saul's pursuit, first feigning madness before its king Achish and later receiving from him as a vassal, and the Gittite brings six hundred Gathites to fight for him during 's revolt. Later kings such as of and of capture the city, and the prophets pair it with , , , and in oracles against .

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Modern location: Tell es Safi. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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