1 Chronicles 6:69

6:69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah

(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle.

1 Chronicles 8:13

8:13 Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

1 Chronicles 13:13

13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ¹  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 18:1

David Conquers the Neighboring Nations

18:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns ²  away from the Philistines. ³ 

1 Chronicles 20:5-6

20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, ⁴  whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. ⁵ 

20:6 In a battle in Gath ⁶  there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

1 Chronicles 20:8

20:8 These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed ⁷  by the hand of David and his soldiers. ⁸ 

[13:13]  ¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[18:1]  ² tn 2 Sam 8:1 identifies this region as “Metheg Ammah.”

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “from the hand of the Philistines.” Here “hand” is figurative language for “control.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.

[20:5]  ⁵ tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.

[20:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”

[20:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “they fell.”

[20:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “his servants.”