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  2. Philistines - Wikipedia

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    Philistine territory along with neighboring states; such as the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel, in the 9th century BC. The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlištīm; 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 ...

  3. Philistia - Wikipedia

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    The Five Lords [18] of the Philistines are described in the Hebrew Bible as being in constant struggle and interaction with the neighbouring Israelites, Canaanites and Egyptians, being gradually absorbed into the Canaanite culture. [19] Philistia was occupied by Tiglath-Pileser III of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BC. Throughout ...

  4. Timeline of the name Palestine - Wikipedia

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    1838: Humphry Davy, The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy: Palestine, a name supposed to be derived from the ancient Philistine coast, has been applied, from the earliest of modern ages, to the territory anciently assigned as the portion of the twelve tribes. The dimensions of this country do not correspond to its fame: it may be 150 miles in ...

  5. Gath (city) - Wikipedia

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    Gath is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the five main Philistine cities. [8] It was one of the last refuges of the Anakim in front of the conquering Israelites under Joshua . [ 9 ] Gath was either subdued during the days of prophet Samuel , [ 10 ] or by King David , [ 11 ] although the first book of Kings [ 12 ] states that in the time ...

  6. Caphtor - Wikipedia

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    Caphtor is also mentioned in ancient inscriptions from Egypt, Mari, and Ugarit. According to the Bible, Caphtor is the original homeland of the Philistines. They are reported to have eradicated the Avvim prior to settling in Gaza. Genealogically, the Philistines are categorized as descendants of the Caphtorites within the table of nations.

  7. Timnah - Wikipedia

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    Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson.Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Beit Shemesh, near moshav Tal Shahar in Israel, known in Hebrew as Tel Batash (תל בטש) or Teluliot ...

  8. Ancient history of the Negev - Wikipedia

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    The biblical Negev (yellow), referring to the small, ... However, Shivta, Nessana, and the large Khirbet Futais (in the area of the former Philistine Nahal Patish ...

  9. Ekron - Wikipedia

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    Ekron (Philistine: 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 *ʿAqārān, [1] Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן, romanized: ʿEqrōn, Arabic: عقرون), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron (Ancient Greek: Ακκαρων, romanized: Akkarōn) [2] [3] was a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day Israel.