Komentarz do Samuela II 8:1

Meseg Hoamoh. In Divrei Hayomim (I, 18:1) it's written, "Dovid took Goss from the hand of the Pelishtim." [Goss] is called Meseg Hoamoh because she was the stick that dominated all the Pelishtim. It was the king's metropolis because we do not find [associated with] any of the Pelishtim rulers [not] with Azoh, Ashdod, Akron [nor] Ashkelon,¹This a reference to the Pelishtim rulers enumerated in Yehoshua 13:3. Rashi has left out the Avites, because he relies on Rav’s opinion in Chulin 60b that Avites were from Teimon and not from the Philistine people. a royal title. Only in reference Goss do we find [a royal title], "Akish, the king of Goss."²Shmuel I, 20:11.

Meseg. Avillon in O.F.

Hoamoh. This is the harness made of wood.³מֶתֶג means the reins. These are references to the control this city had over the Pelishtim.