Gath

Joshua

Every Single Promise

Gath-rimmon is listed here as a Levitical city assigned to the non-priestly Kohathites from Dan — placing a community of God's ministers in territory that bordered Philistine country, near the famous city associated with Goliath.

1 Samuel

The Day the Ark Came Home

Gath is listed here among the five Philistine cities sending golden offerings — noted as part of the comprehensive record of who owed restitution to the God of Israel.

1 Samuel

The Day Everything Turned Around

Gath is listed among the Philistine cities whose captured Israelite towns are returned — the hometown of future giant-killers now surrenders territory back to Israel.

1 Samuel

The Day David Started Running

Gath is Goliath's hometown and the heart of Philistine power — David's decision to flee here is either bold or reckless, and it nearly costs him his life when his identity is recognized.

2 Samuel

Old Debts and Giant Killers

Gath is the Philistine city where the fourth giant encounter takes place — Goliath's own hometown, producing yet another oversized warrior who taunts Israel and is cut down.

1 Kings

The Deathbed List and the New King's First Moves

David is dying, and his last conversation with Solomon isn't sentimental — it's strategic. He hands his son a kingdom and a list of names. What Solomon does with that list reveals exactly what kind of king he's going to be.

1 Chronicles

Small Tribe, Big Legacy

Gath is the Philistine city whose inhabitants were driven out by Benjaminite clan members — a striking detail that shows this small tribe producing families capable of defeating Israel's most formidable enemies on their home turf.

1 Chronicles

Giants Fall and Crowns Change Heads

Gezer is the battlefield where Sibbecai meets and kills the Philistine giant Sippai — identified here as the site of the first in a series of giant-slaying encounters.

2 Chronicles

When God Says Stand Down

Gath appears here as one of Rehoboam's fortified cities — its inclusion in the defensive network reflects its strategic value as a former Philistine stronghold now being secured for Judah.

Psalms

An Invitation from the Other Side of Fear

Gath is the enemy territory David fled after his act of feigned insanity — the dangerous context that makes this psalm's praise all the more striking.

Psalms

Every Tear Accounted For

Gath is the Philistine city where David found himself surrounded and seized — enemy headquarters, the last place an Israelite fugitive should be, making his trust in God all the more striking.

Jeremiah

The Sword That Won't Be Sheathed

Gath is listed as one of the five Philistine city-states — Goliath's hometown — now included among the cities whose centuries-long regional dominance God declares finished.

Micah

When the Mountains Melt

Gath appears here as part of Micah's hometown's full name — Moresheth-Gath — the prophet's own village now included in the funeral roll call, making this judgment devastatingly personal rather than geographically distant.