GATH  , one of the five See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief cities of the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines . It is frequently mentioned in the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical books of the Old Testament, and from See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos vi . 2 we conclude that, like Ashdod, it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to See also:

• SARGON

Sargon in 711 . Its site appears to have been known in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the name is now lost . See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius (in the Onomasticon) places it near the road from See also:

• ELEUTHEROPOLIS (Gr. 'EXEvOiparats, " free city ")

Eleutheropolis (See also:

• BEIT, ALFRED (1853-1906)

Beit Jibrin) to Diospolis (Ludd) about five See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from the former . The Roman road between these two towns is still traceable, and its milestones remain in places . See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East of the road at the required distance rises a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white cliff, almost isolated, 300 ft. high and full of caves . On the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top is the little mud See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Tell es-Safi (" the shining See also:

• MOUND

mound "), and beside the village is the mound which marks the site of the Crusaders' See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Blanchegarde (See also:

• ALBA

Alba Custodia), built in 1144 . Tell es-Safi was known by its See also:

• PRESENT

present name as far back as the 12th century; but it appears not improbable that the strong site here existing represents the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Gath . The cliff stands on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the mouth of the Valley of Elah, and Gath appears to have been near this valley (1 Sam. xvii . 2, 52) . This See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

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:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place .

The site was partially excavated by the See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine Exploration Fund in 1899, and remains extending in date back to the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Canaanite See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period were discovered .