Goliath's city found in GAZA
The Bible (1 Samuel 17:4) tells us that Goliath lived in Gath (in Hebrew pronounced ḡaṯ). This city is mentioned 33 times in Scripture.1 It was one of five Canaanite city-states of the Philistines (Joshua 13:2–3) and is first mentioned in Joshua 11:22. Along with Gaza and Ashdod, Gath was the refuge for giants (Anakim2) and presumably ‘regular’ Canaanites, who had not been killed off during Joshua and Israel’s conquest of Canaan.3