1 Chronicles 18:1

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After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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The Kingdom of David and SolomonThe united kingdom of Israel at its height under kings David and Solomon.

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Gath was a major Philistine city west of Jerusalem in the coastal plain; David’s capture of it marked Israel’s expanding control over Philistia. The other places named belong to the wider campaign account in 1 Chronicles 18, showing David’s rule extending against surrounding kingdoms from Moab and Edom to Damascus and the Euphrates.

Places in this passage

1 Chronicles 18:1 mentions Amalek, Ammon, Damascus, Edom, Euphrates, Gath, Hamath, Jerusalem, Moab, Philistia, Syria and Zobah.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner