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Philistia [a] was a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (part of present-day Tel Aviv).
'wine press'; Latin: Geth, Philistine: 饜饜 *G墨t) was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age. It was located in northeastern Philistia, close to the border with Judah. Gath is often mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and its existence is confirmed by Egyptian inscriptions. [1]
The Philistine Pentapolis: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath, all combined to make Philistia.; In the biblical Holy Land, Genesis 14 describes the region where five cities—Sodom, Gomorrah, Zoara, Admah and Zeboim—united to resist the invasion of Chedorlaomer, and of which four were shortly after destroyed.
Ekron (Philistine: 饜饜饜饜 *士Aq膩r膩n, [1] Hebrew: 注侄拽职专讜止谉, romanized: 士Eqr艒n, Arabic: 毓賯乇賵賳), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron (Ancient Greek: Ακκαρων, romanized: Akkar艒n) [2] [3] was a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day Israel.
Philistine territory along with neighboring states; such as the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel, in the 9th century BC. The Philistines (Hebrew: 驻职旨诇执砖职讈转执旨讬诐, romanized: P蓹lišt墨m; LXX: Koin膿 Greek: Φυλιστιε委μ, romanized: Phulistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city ...
Cities associated with the Philistines. Asia portal; ... Pages in category "Philistine cities" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
In biblical times, it was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines. The city's name was later preserved in the Arab town of Isdud, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In ancient times, Ashdod developed as an active maritime trade center, with its ports identified at Ashdod-Yam and Tel Mor.
The following pages list cities in the State of Palestine: List of cities administered by the State of Palestine; List of cities in the Gaza Strip; List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank; Smaller settlements in the State of Palestine are governed as a municipality or as a village council.