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Gath in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a wine-press...

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Gath Scripture - Amos 6:2

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?...

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Gath Scripture - 2 Chronicles 26:6

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines....

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Gath Scripture - 2 Samuel 21:22

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants....

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Gath Scripture - 1 Samuel 5:8

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]....

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Gath Scripture - 2 Kings 12:17

Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem....

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Gath Scripture - 1 Samuel 7:14

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites....

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Gath in Naves Topical Bible

One of the five chief cities of the Philistines Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:17; Am 6:2; Mic 1:10 -Anakim, a race of giants, inhabitants of Jos 11:22 -Goliath lived in 1Sa 17:4; 1Ch 20:5-8 -Obed-edom belonged to 2Sa 6:10 -The ark of the covenant taken to 1Sa 5:8 -Inhabitants of, called GITTITES Jos 13:3 -David takes refuge at 1Sa 21:10-15; 27:2-7 ...

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Gath Scripture - 1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron....

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Gath in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

gath (gath; Septuagint Geth, "winepress"): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines (Josh 13:3; 1 Sam 6:17). It was a walled town (2 Ch 26:6) and was not taken by Joshua, and, although many conflicts took place between the Israelites and its people, it does not seem to have been captured until the time of David (1 Ch 18:1). It was rend...

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