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Gath

Town · today Tell es Safi

Location likely About 40 km (23 miles, 200 furlongs) west of Jerusalem

Gittite in the Bible Dictionary · Another Gath (town · Joshua 11:22) · Another Gath (town · 1 Chronicles 7:21)

Named in 2 Verses

  • 2 Samuel 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chronicles 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

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