Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

<p class="bodytext">Then a champion<n id="1" /> came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.<n id="2" />

When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.p>

These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed<n id="1" /> by David and his soldiers.<n id="2" />p>

Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.p>

<p class="bodytext">These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed<n id="1" /> by the hand of David and his soldiers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t spread the news in Gath!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t shed even a single tear!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Three years later two of Shimei&#8217;s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, &#8220;Look, your servants are in Gath.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did,<n id="1" /> and David heard it.

So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

<p class="bodytext">David thought about what they said<n id="1" /> and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

<p class="bodytext">So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families.<n id="1" /> David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal&#8217;s widow.

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t report it in Gath,p> <p class="poetry">don&#8217;t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,p> <p class="poetry">the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked<n id="1" /> Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

his son Zabad, his son Shuthelahp> <p class="bodytext">(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle.