gat is a proper place name used for a city associated in the verses with Philistines, rulers, conflict, and travel.

The term consistently functions as a proper place name: a city named in accounts of Philistine territory, military action, travel to and from its ruler, and people identified as coming from it.

1. A named city and place of origin · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every supplied occurrence and identifies a location. In 1 Samuel 27:3 the APB renders David as dwelling with Achish there, while 1 Samuel 17:4 identifies Goliath as being from it; 1 Kings 2:40 describes Shimei going there and returning with his servants. It also marks a site of conflict and territorial action: 2 Chronicles 26:6 refers to its wall, and 1 Chronicles 18:1 says David took it from the Philistines.

   1 Samuel 27:31 Samuel 17:41 Kings 2:402 Chronicles 26:61 Chronicles 18:1Amos 6:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally presents the place name as "Gath," including travel to it, residence there, and actions at or against it. Some supplied occurrences are not explicitly represented in the whole-verse translation, so the English text cannot be read as a gloss of the term.