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Philistia (Hebrew: פְּלֶשֶׁת, romanized: Pəlešeṯ; Biblical Greek: Γῆ τῶν Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Gê tôn Phylistieím) was a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (present-day part of Tel Aviv ...
The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlīštīm; LXX: Koinē Greek: Φυλιστιείμ, 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-states generally referred to as Philistia.
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.
August 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM. ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Two nearly 2,000-year-old tombs with magnificent wall paintings will be open to the public for the first time in southern Israel after a ...
Gath or Gat (Hebrew: גַּת, romanized:Gaṯ, lit. ' wine press '; Latin: Geth, Philistine: 𐤂𐤕 * Gīt) 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 ...
The city was reassigned afterwards to the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines. It was the last place to which the Philistines carried the Ark of the Covenant before they sent it back to Israel ( 1 Samuel 5:10 and 1 Samuel 6:1–8 ), and the city lords returned here once they had seen that the ...
The city is home to the largest Moroccan and Karaite Jewish communities in Israel, [4][5] and to the largest Georgian Jewish community in the world. [6] According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Ashdod had a population of 226,827 in 2022, [1] with an area of 47,242 dunams (47.242 km 2; 18.240 sq mi).
Kings of Philistia, or rather, the city-states of Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza. Pages in category "Philistine kings" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.