Biblical places
Gath
One of the five Philistine cities, known as Goliath's hometown (1 Samuel 17). Excavations at Tell es-Safi have confirmed a large Iron Age Philistine city here, a widely accepted identification.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- High
- Tell es-Safi
- 31.7042, 34.8469
Wikidata and Wikipedia coordinates agree, and the identification with Tell es-Safi has broad scholarly support.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Joshua 11:22
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
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.
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
1 Kings 2:39
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
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.
1 Chronicles 7:21
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Psalms 56:1
[To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.