Gath (1 Chronicles 7)
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Other places named Gath: Gath, Gath (2 Samuel 6).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Gath-padalla (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.398° N, 35.040° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | 1 Chronicles 7:21 |
Gath (1 Chronicles 7) is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Gath-padalla (medium confidence; 4 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Gath-padalla | medium (40%) | 32.398° N, 35.040° E |
| another name for Gath | low (27%) | 31.700° N, 34.847° E |
| another name for Gittaim | low (24%) | 31.903° N, 34.890° E |
| Horbat Avimor | very low (3%) | 31.813° N, 34.971° E |
| Ras Abu Hamid | very low (-1%) | 31.903° N, 34.890° E |
Verses
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 7:21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.