An ancient region of southwest Palestine. Strategically located on a trade route from Egypt to Syria, the cities of the region formed a loose confederacy important in biblical times.
Philistia
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Phi·lis·ti·a (fĭ-lĭs'tē-ə)  |
An ancient region of southwest Palestine. Strategically located on a trade route from Egypt to Syria, the cities of the region formed a loose confederacy important in biblical times.
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Philistia (fĭlĭs'tyə), region of SW ancient Palestine, comprising a coastal strip along the Mediterranean and a portion of S Canaan. The chief cities of Philistia were Gaza, Ashqelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath; strategically located on the great commercial route from Egypt to Syria, they formed a confederacy. In the Bible the great Hebrew antagonists of the Philistines are Samson, Saul, and David. Philistines were independent at the time of Amos, and the Jews never really conquered them. Philistia was laid under tribute by Assyria, and the invasion of Palestine by Sennacherib was brought on by Hezekiah's imprisonment of the Assyrian tributary, the king of Ekron.
Bibliography
See A. R. Burn, Minoans, Philistines, and Greeks (1930, repr. 1968); R. Macalister, The Philistines (1965).
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an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in Biblical times
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- Aijalon (ancient city, Israel – in the Old Testament)
- Canaan (Mideastern personage in the Bible)
- Geshur (ancient kingdom, ancient people – in the Old Testament)
- Philistines (people, Palestine – in history)
- Testament: The Bible and History - Chronicles and Kings (1988 Spirituality & Philosophy Film)
- Ahinoam
- Gaza (city, Palestine)
- Jamnia (ancient city, Israel)
- dullard
- Ekron, Ekronites
- Beth Shemesh
- Cherethites and Pelethites
- Pekah
- Gibbethon
