1 Samuel 5:8

5:8 So they assembled ¹  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

1 Samuel 7:14

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ²  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Samuel 17:52

17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. ³  They chased the Philistines to the valley ⁴  and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 27:11

27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time ⁵  that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

¹ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

² tn Heb “hand.”

³ tn Heb “arose and cried out.”

⁴ tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”

⁴ tn Heb “all the days.”