1Sa 5:8, 27:4, 2Sa 1:20, 8:1 | ESV | STEP | So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said , What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel ? They answered , Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath . So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.

1 Samuel 5:8

8 So they sent and gathered together all ^athe lords of the Philistines and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.

1 Samuel 27:4

4 And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.

2 Samuel 1:20

20 ^bTell it not in Gath,
^cpublish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
^dlest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of ^ethe uncircumcised exult.

2 Samuel 8:1

David’s Victories

1 ^fAfter this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took ^gMetheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.