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Archaeology Department, Tel-Aviv University "Towards the Identification of Biblical Gath of the Philistines," pp. "The Identification of Philistine Gath — A Problem in Source Analysis for Historical Geography," Eretz-Israel 12 (1975), 63*-76*, Hebrew Summary, 210. "Gath of the Philistines," Christian News from Israel 17, Nos. www.tau.ac.il /humanities/archaeology/faculty/rainey.html

Daily Bible Study - King David David then became afraid to have The Ark in the City of David, so he left it in the house of Obed-Edom, a Philistine from Gath (2 Samuel 6:9-11). David was a Shepherd, which out of necessity at the time also taught him fighting skills when defending the flocks from predatory wild animals, including lions and bears (1 Samuel 17:34-35). David was born about 1040 B.C., the eighth and youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem (see also Ruth). www.keyway.ca /htm2002/david.htm   (1910 words)

T0001400.html Gittite - a native of the Philistine city of Gath (Josh. Then all was life and bustle along the shores; the cities and villages that thickly studded them resounded with the hum of a busy population; while from hill-side and corn-field came the cheerful cry of shepherd and ploughman. At the gates of cities courts of justice were frequently held, and hence "judges of the gate" are spoken of (Deut. www.fmcbc.com /Dictionary/ebd/T0001400.html   (1910 words)

ASHDOD AND ASHKELON This was one of five Philistine city-states (along with Gath, Gaza, Ekron and Ashdod). Ashdod Port handles 46% of the country's sea freight and the Jubilee Port, currently under construction and due for completion in 2004, is expected to double its capacity. In contrast to its pace of development, Ashdod is surrounded by natural reserves, carefully preserved by the city's planners. members.fortunecity.com /odedsbabe/israelodedfehr/id21.html   (1044 words)

David Finally, David and his supporters joined the service of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath who entrusted David with control of the city of Ziklag. In the course of his flight, David gained the support of 600 men, and he and his band traveled from city to city. David was the eighth and youngest son of Jesse from the kingly tribe of Judah. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/David.html   (1721 words)

Higgaion: Haaretz on Gath digs Haaretz reports that "The archaeologists say that findings at the site reveal the unique method employed by the Arameans to seize the city." The "unique methods" apparently involved digging a large trench or moat to isolate the city. New evidence regarding the bitter end of Gat, the largest and most important Philistine city, was recently unearthed at a dig at Tel Zafit near the Masmia intersection in the Lachish region. However, this is the sort of thing that would count as good cirucmstantial evidence to suggest that the attackers were in fact Arameans. www.heardworld.com /higgaion/2005/08/haaretz-on-gath-digs.html   (434 words)

The Multimedia Library Image Royalty Free Series The photographs of China were gathered in Beijing; Shanxi Province, near the ancient capital of Xian; Szechuan's industrial city Chongqing on the upper Yangtze River; Nanjing; and Shanghai. Some of the national differences which fueled the move to independence are visible in the contrast between the Scandinavian appearance of the Estonians and the Lutheran architecture of Tallinn's old city. Israel's landscape fuses the modern and the ancient: road signs direct trucks past Gath and Sodom, Ashkelon and Megiddo, to the ramparts of Masada, the river Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, and to Cananite, Judean, Roman, Byzantine, Arabic, and Turkish ruins. www.multimedialibrary.com /FramesML   (4427 words)

The Holy Land The civil life of the new city began in 13 BC, when Caesarea was made the civil and military capital of Judaea, and the official residence of the Roman procurators and governors. contains Akko (Acre), Arsuf, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Caesarea, Dor, Edom, Ekron, Galilee, Gath, Gaza, Haifa, Israel-Palestine, the High Priests of the Temple, Jaffa, Judah, the Kenites, the Midianites, the Philistines, the Rechabites, Salem, Samaria-(ancient) Israel, the Samaritan High Priests, and the Sanhedrin. A city in northen Israel, on the Mediterranean coast. www.hostkingdom.net /Holyland.html   (5432 words)

WWORD47.TXT And yet again there was {war} at Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, whose fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]: and he also was the son of the giant. And the city was broken up, and all the men of {war} [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the p lain. And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of {war}, which [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. www.ebiblewords.com /01_English_Words/W/WAR/WWORD47.TXT   (5432 words)

Facts about topic: (Book of Micah) Micah (An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem) had a populist message in a small town southwest of Jerusalem (Capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom), Moresheth-gath. Micah (An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem) puts a protest on the people's lips, offering any religious response God (The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions) cared to ask for. Micah (An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem) was probably not a professional prophet (Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God). www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/book_of_micah.htm   (853 words)

Gems in Israel: A Reconstructed Philistine Street The city of Ekron was conquered and destroyed in 603 BC, by the Babylonian king, Nebuchadrezzar. Known as Akkaron, or Accaron, during the Hellenistic period, Ekron was one of Philstia’s five urban centers - one of the cities that made up the Pentapolis (Gaza, Ashkelon [Ascalon], Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron). Tel Miqne((Arabic: Khirbat al-Muqanna') was apparently founded in the twelfth century B.C. Located in the fields of modern day Kibbutz Revadim, the city was first mentioned in the bible in Joshua 13:2-3 and is also mentioned in relation to the Ark of the Covenant (I Samuel 5;10). www.gemsinisrael.com /e_article000008701.htm   (840 words)

The Definitive El Amarna Letters History El-Amarna letter 287 describes the Philistine invasion, discussed earlier in this paper: Milkilu of Gezer and Tagu of Gath-carmel..., supported by the lands of Ashkelon and Lachish, invaded Abdi-Hiba's kingdom and "caused their troops to enter the town of Rubutu". Because Milkili himself at about this time had taken a stand against the city of "Shunama" - which would appear to be in fact the biblical "Shunem" - Velikovsky had concluded that Baalat Neše was asking for Egyptian help for her own city of Shunem. It is clear from his letters that rebellions are occurring in, and on the border with, Philistia, and that the invaders of Abdi-Hiba's territories are, in the main, the Philistine rebels. www.specialtyinterests.net /elamarna_period.html   (17527 words)

Goliath article - Goliath Standard Hebrew Tiberian Hebrew gigantic Biblical David Book - What-Means.com He came from Gath, one of five ancient city-states of the Philistines, which was opposed to Israel at the time. Goliath of Gath ( גלית "Passage; revolution", Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ) was a gigantic figure in the Biblical story of David in the Book of I Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. Although Goliath is generally known as a "giant" of the Bible, actual careful reading of the scripture in the original Hebrew clearly shows a detailed description of the height and size of Goliath. www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Goliath   (17527 words)

Ashkelon The city was at the center of the largest region in Palestine during the Roman occupation and was enlarged and fortified by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. The city was then abandoned until 1948 when the Jews of the new State of Israel began to rebuild it. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/Ashkelon.html   (1444 words)

Ashdod-yam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The site is mentioned in documents from the time of Sargon II of Assyria when in 713 BCE the Assyrian king speaks of having to depose a usurper who had taken over control of the city of Ashdod and had fortified it, Gath, and Ashdod-Yam. Ashdod-Yam is an Iron Age archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Israel about 5 kilometres southwest of Tel Ashdod (site of one of the ancient cities of the Philistines) and about 2 kilometres south of the modern city of Ashdod. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashdod-yam   (247 words)

Ashdod, Israel Ancient Ashdod, which lay to the south of the modern town, is mentioned along with Gaza and Gath in the 12th-11th centuries B.C. as a town of the Anakims, and it appears along with Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron as one of the five lordships of the Philistines (Joshuah 13,3). Although conquered by the Assyrians in 732 B.C., Ashdod remained an independent city state. Ashdod is a modern town with a well planned street layout, but it has little to offer the tourist. www.planetware.com /israel/ashdod-isr-st-ad.htm   (304 words)

The Lost Ark of the Covenant The Philistines moved the Ark to the city of Gath, and from there to Ekron, but whatever city the Ark was in, the inhabitants were struck with plague. The Ark of the Covenant, constructed during the Israelites' wanderings in the desert and used until the destruction of the First Temple, was the most important symbol of the Jewish faith, and served as the only physical manifestation of God on earth. The Ark was built by Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, who constructed the entire Tabernacle – the portable Temple used in the desert and during the conquest of the land of Israel. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/ark.html   (2295 words)

Philistines in the Bible Biblical authors even mention that Ittai, the leader of the bodyguards, is from the Philistine city of Gath and has men of Gath under his command (2 Samuel 15:18-19). One could argue that David’s betrayal of the Philistines after they gave him asylum in their lands is less than heroic and even as treacherous as any of the Philistines’ supposed crimes, but the Bible instead praises David as a strong leader who brings glory back to the Israelites. Instead of presenting the Philistines as a cultured civilization, the Bible chooses to concentrate on the conflict between the two civilizations, as both tried to expand from their original territories. instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/nes263/spring03/bel9/Bible.html   (1385 words)

Apologetics Press - Philistines in the Time of Abraham—Fallacy or Fact? Furthermore, of the five great Philistine city-states that were so prominent throughout the period of the Judges and the United Kingdom (Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza—Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17), none was mentioned. In fact, seven of the eight times that the Philistines are mentioned in Genesis, they are discussed in connection with either Abraham’s visit with Abimelech, king of the Philistines (21:32,34), or with Isaac’s visit to the same city (Gerar) a few years later (26:1,8,14-15,18). The word “Philistine” was a rather generic term meaning “sea people.” No doubt, some of the Aegean Sea people made their way to Palestine long before a later migration took place—a migration that was considerably larger. www.apologeticspress.org /articles/583   (1037 words)

Ancient Hebrew Culture - Archeological Digs Tell es-Safi, which is identified by most scholars as the Biblical city of “Gath of the Philistines” (Goliath’s home town), is one of the largest tells (ancient ruin mounds) in Israel and was settled almost continuously from the fifth millennium BCE until modern times. Hazor was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite City located in the north of modern day Israel. In the past it was not possible to conduct large scale excavations at the site, since it was covered by fish-ponds and olive trees. www.ancient-hebrew.org /12_arch.html   (1037 words)

The Old Testament Story Chapter 5 -- Destinations Includes reports on the ancient Philistine city of Gath and Hazor, the large Canaanite city that was destroyed in the time of Joshua. An outstanding site featuring archaeological displays from all of the major epochs in Israel's history. An essay evaluating the archaeological and literary evidence surrounding the Israelite military campaigns in Canaan during Joshua's time. cwx.prenhall.com /tullock/chapter5/destinations1/deluxe-content.html   (1037 words)

Discussion: 92. Geth, now Gitta, one of the five satrapies - (Ras Abu Hamid ?) The "five satrapies" are the Philistine city territories often mentioned in the Bible: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gat. The best known Gath is "Gath of the Philistines." It was originally inhabited by Anakim ("giants"; Josh. The name and localization (between Antipatris and Iamnia) are derived from On. www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/discussion/092discuss.html   (736 words)

c5 Achish honored his request and gave him the city of Ziklag, a town which we are still not able to locate definitively today. Near the end of the Iron I period, in the succeeding stories of David's relationship with Achish, king of Gath, there seems to be a definite shift in the strategy of the Philistines. Although scholarly debate will continue on the question whether Tel Sera` or Tel Halif is David's Ziklag, considerable information about the Philistine world of King Achish of Gath and his "country town" of Ziklag has already been recovered. www.phoenixdatasystems.com /goliath/c5.htm   (8976 words)

David Achish, king of Gath, gave him, after the manner of Eastern kings, the city of Ziklag on the Philistine frontier (1 Samuel 27:6). This was an amazing city, according to archeological findings, with strong walls and an amazing underground water system. Some cities, including the cities of refuge (Numbers 35), were Levitical cities were provided for by Moses and by Joshua after conquest (Joshua 21:2), other cities not among these but later conquered by David were also included. www.pantheon.org /articles/d/david.html   (8976 words)

Smooth Stone - Israel, Palestinian, Middle East Discussion Blog Founded in 1955, Kiryat Gat was named after the Philistine city of Gath, said to be the birthplace of Goliath and believed to lie nearby. A British consul reported in 1857 that the land was not cultivated, villages had disappeared, and that "The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore the greatest need is that of a body of population". The Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday that contractors working on a new trans-Israel highway asked the authority to carry out an exploratory dig at Ptora, in the archeologically rich region east of the town of Kiryat Gat, before earthmovers started ripping into the ground. smoothstone.blogspot.com /2003_08_17_smoothstone_archive.html   (3430 words)

www.onesalt.com : How Jesus Christ viewed the fall of ancient Israel He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher. Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. www.onesalt.com /p0000201.htm   (11066 words)

Philistines - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia The suggestion that the Cherethites were of this race is scarcely worth notice, since the Hebrew letter kaph (k) is never represented by "sh" in Egyptian David's band of Hebrew exiles, 400 in number, followed him to Gath where 200 Gittites joined him (2 Samuel 15:18). At Lachish also seals of this king and his queen have been found, with a cuneiform letter to Zimridi, who was ruler of the city under the same Pharaoh. In the case of Ashkelon especially the Semitic rulers are found to have worshipped Dagon; and, though the name "Philistine" does not occur, the race was clearly the same found by the Assyrians in 800 BC in the land of Palastan beside the Great Sea. www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T6898   (3221 words)

Hazael biography .ms After defeating them at Ramoth-Gilead, Hazael repelled two attacks by the Assyrians, seized Israelite territory east of the Jordan, the Philistine city of Gath, and sought to take Jerusalem as well ( 2 Kings 12:17). 842 BC-800 BC), King Hazael led the Arameans in battle against the forces of King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah. The day after he returned to Ben-hadad in Damascus, Hazael suffocated him and seized power himself. hazael.biography.ms   (3221 words)

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Jonah, Introduction]. 25, where we find that he was of Gath-hepher in Galilee, a city that belonged to the tribe of Zebulun, in a remote corner of the land of Israel; for the Spirit, which like the wind, blows where it listeth, will as easily find out Jonah in Galilee as Isaiah at Jerusalem. Probably Jonah was himself the penman of this book, and he, as Moses and other inspired penmen, records his own faults, which is an evidence that in these writings they designed God's glory and not their own. In the midst of the obscure prophecies before and after this book, wherein are many things dark and hard to be understood, which are puzzling to the learned, and are strong meat for strong men, comes in this plain and pleasant story, which is entertaining to the weakest, and milk for babes. www.ccel.org /h/henry/mhc2/MHC32000.HTM   (159 words)

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