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Philistia (, Pleshet) was, according to and , a Pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza.
The Pentapolis is described in the Hebrew Bible as being in constant struggle and interaction with the neighbouring Egyptians, Israelites and Canaanites, gradually absorbing the Canaanite culture. Philistia ruled major parts of southern Canaan at the peak of its expansion, but was eventually conquered and subdued by neighbouring Israelites.
The Pentapolis was not mentioned in the Bible following the conquest of the Levant by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 722 BC.
Usage examples of "philistia".
The language of the place was a dialect of the same tongue which was spoken on Crete, in Philistia, and by the Israelites.
If she had remained the favorite of Saul, she might have brought peace between Philistia and Israel.
But Philistia with her ships and sailors and Israel with her robust farmers, united by treaty, could have founded colonies in foreign lands, or farmed their own lands with canals and aqueducts and tripled the produce.
A few more wars, a few more years, and Jonathan will sit on the throne, and I will lead his armies, and the ports of Phoenicia and Philistia will hold our round-bellied merchant ships and the pharaoh of Egypt will send us gaming boards of agate and onyx, and papyrus scrolls with the Book of the Dead inscribed in hieroglyphics which look like scarabs or lightning flashes.
It had been worse than a deprivation to leave the coves of Crete with their sea caves and rainbow fish, the sun-drenched forests where woodpeckers chattered to Dryads, and come to the squalid town of Endor, which lay directly between Philistia and Israel and changed masters as often as the moon changed phases.
Beer, an import from Philistia, was looked upon with suspicion by the elders of Israel.
We do not ask that you march against your own people when Philistia and Israel resume their war.
Witch of Endor in spite of his own edict and asked her the dreaded question: Will Israel crush Philistia at Mt.
He had fought the Bedouins and kept them from harassing the caravans which plied between Egypt, Philistia, and Phoenicia.
Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia.
Thus the prophet Joel foretells the vengeance which God would take on Tyre and Sidon and Philistia, because they had assailed and scattered his people.
An apologist for dynamite told me once that society was divided into the weak and the strong, and there are people who draw a line between Philistia and Bohemia.
The independent cities of Philistia would contribute to a levee for mutual advantage, and a joint expedition would be mounted.
He brought with him three great rolled parchments, with seals and ribbons and everything in order: and these were Jurgen's pardon and Jurgen's nomination as Poet Laureate of Philistia and Jurgen's appointment as Mathematician Royal.