For Gath, see the note on Joshua 13:3. Its native king, Achish (1 Kings 2:39), is to be regarded not as an independent monarch, but as …

Gath. — Uncertain. Perhaps in the Wady-el-Gat north of Ascalon. (See 1 Kings 2:39 and [Reference 1 Chronicles…

No wonder, therefore, that Rehoboam's kingdom was strengthened by the advent of these men, who were, doubtless, the best men in the whole country, …

And Gath
Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe o…

A few good words might have prevented the rebellion of Rehoboam's subjects; but all the force of his kingdom cannot bring them back. And it is in v…