Quotes About Gath

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon.

But Achish, Lord of Gath, had no intention of allowing such an Israelite celebration. He had no intention of submitting to the rules of war. He immediately turned to the commanders near him and barked, "Quickly, lead your forces and flee back to Gath before the Israelites can catch us!

No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.

But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORDís hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his fatherís household heard about it, they went down to him there.

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,

So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

After three years, however, two of Shimeiís slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

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

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,

So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.