Gath

All 12 verses in 1 Samuel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 5:8

  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.

• 1 Samuel 6:17

  As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

• 1 Samuel 7:14

  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.

• 1 Samuel 17:4

  Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

• 1 Samuel 17:23

  And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

• 1 Samuel 17:52

  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.

• 1 Samuel 21:10

  That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 21:12

  Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 27:2

  So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 27:3

  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.

• 1 Samuel 27:4

  And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

• 1 Samuel 27:11

  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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.