Soon, though, servants of Gath's king recognized David.
Philistines remained in their cities Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod.
for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
Why was Gath not a safe hiding place for David?
David, his men, and their families lived in Gath with Achish.
whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew,
whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed,
David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath.
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon;
Don't tell it in Gath. Don't publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,
then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms?
then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms?
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household,
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household,
Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants;
And he destroyed the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod.
David arose, and
fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants:
He realized that Jehovah protected him when he was in Gath and that he escaped with Jehovah's help.
Don't tell it in Gath. Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah
I have rolled myself in the dust.
Do not choose to announce it in Gath, and do not announce it in the crossroads of Ashkelon.
And David arose,
and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all:
in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon,
who drove away the inhabitants of Gath.
From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah.
And Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Aijalon,
who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be
a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
The Scripture mentions that he was also of the city of Gath and that his height was six cubits and a span(1 Samuel 17:4).