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Gath , unidentified royal city of the Philistines, on the borders of Judah. In the Bible, it was the birthplace of Goliath, and it was a place of refuge for David in the outlaw years. Later he had a loyal bodyguard of Gittites, i.e., inhabitants of Gath.

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Gath A Philistine city which was struck by disease when the Israelite Ark of the Covenant was taken there (1 Sam. 5: 6 ff.). Nevertheless David was hospitably received in Gath during his flight from Saul (1 Sam. 27: 3). The claim that David captured Gath made in 2 Chr. 26: 6 is unreliable; a more certain fact is that it was destroyed by the assyrians in 712 BCE. ‘Tell it not in Gath’ (2 Sam. 1: 20; Micah 1: 10) became a proverb signifying disaster.

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Gath-rimmon , in the Bible. 1 Town, W central ancient Palestine. 2 Town, central ancient Palestine. It may also be an erroneous transcription of Ibleam .

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