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Gath (Hebrew: "winepress") was one of the five Philistine city states established in southwestern Philistia. It was the home city of Goliath. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The historic Philistines (see note Philistines below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. ... The young Hebrew David hoists the head of the Philistine Goliath. ...


To date, archaeological evidence has not conclusively established the location of this city, which figures prominently in the Books of Samuel. Most archaeologists identify Gath with the current archaeological site of Tel es-Safi (aka Tel Safi). The Books of Samuel, also referred to as [The Book of] Samuel (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל), are (two) books in the Hebrew Bible (Judaisms Tanakh and originally written in Hebrew) and the Old Testament of Christianity. ...


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Gath (Hebrew: "winepress") was one of the five Philistine city states established in southwestern Palestine.
To date, archaeological evidence has not established the location of this city, which figures prominently in the Books of Samuel.
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ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr.
side of the mouth of the Valley of Elah, and Gath appears to have been near this valley (1 Sam.
identification is not certain, but it is at least much more probable than the theory which makes Gath, Eleutheropolis, and Beit Jibrin one and the same See also:
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