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    Gath or Gat (Hebrew: גַּת‎, romanized: Gaṯ, lit. 'wine press'; Latin: Geth, Philistine: 𐤂𐤕 *Gīt) was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis...
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    Goliath (redirect from Goliath of Gath)
    head. The Philistines flee and are pursued by the Israelites "as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron". David puts the armor of Goliath in his own tent...
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  • Gath can refer to: Gath (surname) Gath (city), the biblical city and home of Goliath. Main site is Gath of the Philistines, but there are also other locations...
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    Hazael (category Gath (city))
    seized Israelite territory east of the Jordan River, and the Philistine city of Gath. Although unsuccessful, he also sought to take Jerusalem (2 Kings 12:17–18)...
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  • Kulan Gath is a fictional villainous magician appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and Dynamite Entertainment. The character first...
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    Tell es-Safi (category Gath (city))
    archaeological remains which some have identified as the Philistine city of Gath, mentioned in the Bible. The remains of the Crusader fort and the Arab...
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    Philistine captivity of the Ark (category Gath (city))
    ("emerods") afflicted the people in each town to which it was taken: Ashdod, then Gath, then Ekron. The Septuagint adds that "mice sprang up in the midst of their...
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  • Achish (category Gath (city))
    Philistine rulers of Gath. It is perhaps only a general title of royalty, applicable to the Philistine kings. The two kings of Gath, which is identified...
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  • 32°44′30″N 35°19′30″E / 32.74167°N 35.32500°E / 32.74167; 35.32500 Gath-hepher (Israel) Gath-hepher or Gat Hefer (Hebrew: גַּת הַחֵֽפֶר, romanized: gaṯ hahāp̄ar)...
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  • Philistines," Kimhi adding that the name implies "the inheritance of Gath," namely, the city of Gath which was captured by David and which came into his inheritance...
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  • Itai (category Gath (city))
    Caananite (an ancient people who lived in the land of Israel) from the city of Gath next to Ashkelon. The Biblical story in Second Samuel Chapter 15:19-22...
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  • Budapest, Hungary Gath (city), or Gat, an ancient Philistine city Fisherman's Gat, a channel in the Thames Estuary Kiryat Gat, a city in Israel Veerse...
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    Tell es-Safi inscription (category Gath (city))
    the archaeological site at Tell es-Safi, identified with the biblical city of Gath. It was under the destruction layer at the beginning of Iron Age IIA...
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    Tel Erani (redirect from Tel Gath)
    site of a substantial Philistine city with links to Egypt. It has been identified with the biblical cities of Libnah, Gath, Mmst, Eglon and Makkedah, but...
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    1 Samuel 5 (category Gath (city))
    their land rats sprang up, and there was a great death panic in the city." Gath may have been chosen to host the ark, because there was no temple of...
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    Aren Maeir (category Gath (city))
    and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He is director of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project. Aren Maeir was born in Rochester, New York, United...
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    1 Samuel 21 (category Gath (city))
    Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28; Luke 6:1–5 Bethlehem Gibeah Gath Valley of Elah Nob Ramah Gath Nob Valley of Elah David's visit in Nob (north of Jerusalem)...
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    1 Samuel 27 (category Gath (city))
    For a brief period he and his army lived "in the royal city" with Achish (which is in Gath), but by his own request, he later settled in Ziklag, presumably...
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  • Šuwardata (category Gath (city))
    Šuardatu, is understood by most scholars to be the king of the Canaanite city of Gath (Tell es-Safi), although some have suggested that he was the 'mayor'...
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    Chaves (1854–1928) and Alfred Gath (1852–1936). It was then acquired by English company Harrods, and was a favorite of the city's upper class. Among the large...
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    (Ashdod), Hāzat (Gaza), and Isqalūna (Ascalon), with the former fifth capital, Gath, having been abandoned at this late phase. Masalha, Nur (2018). Palestine:...
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    confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, and for a time, Jaffa...
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    Hebron, not the Sokoh SW of Hebron): 13 Beth Zur: 11 Arad: 9 Nahal Tut: 8 Gath (city): 6 Beginning with the editio princeps by Charles Warren in 1870, a diverse...
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  • Beit She'an Beit Shemesh Dan (ancient city) Ein Gedi Ekron Gath (city) Gezer Gibeah Hurvat Itri Jezreel (city) Kedesh Khirbet et-Tibbaneh Khirbet Kerak...
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    Philistine town Gath, which at the time the kibbutz was founded was identified with the nearby site of Tel Erani. The town of Kiryat Gat (lit. Gath City) was named...
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  • pharaoh Shoshenq I Siege of Gath (city) (ca. 830 BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 12:17/18) Siege of Samaria (ancient city) (9th century BC) (Bible Reference:...
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    Kiryat Gat (category Cities in Israel)
    (Tel Erani) which were mistaken for the Philistine city of Gath. The location most favored for Gath now is Tel es-Safi, thirteen kilometers (8.1 miles)...
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    Damascus (redirect from City of Jasmin)
    the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially...
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    In the Hebrew Bible, the Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial...
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    the southern Levant; and the cities which would become the core of Philistine territory, such as Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, show nearly no signs...
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