2009-10-02T10:10:00-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/gath/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%205:7-10&version=NIV 2009-10-02T10:10:00-05:00 At one point, the ark of the covenant was stolen by the Philistines. They took it to Ashdod and terrible things happened there. Then it was taken to Gath where everyone was afflicted with tumors until it was taken to Ekron.