philistines in English
I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings
The Canaanites suffered a series of setbacks in the late 2nd millennium bc with attacks from the sea peoples in the north while in the south they were displaced by the Israelites and the Philistines .
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1. PHILISTINES Coastal Plain of Palestine
2. Philistines mistrust David (1-11)
3. The Philistines began to envy him.
4. Then the Philistines ran for their lives.
5. Samson’s revenge on the Philistines (1-20)
6. Taking advantage of the situation, the Philistines invaded.
7. David given Ziklag by the Philistines (1-12)
8. Philistines return the Ark to Israel (1-21)
9. The Philistines got so scared that they all ran away.
10. The Philistines persecuted Isaac because they envied his growing prosperity.
11. [ Narrator ] Samson was given great strength. To drive out the Philistines.
12. For example, the Philistines banned any metalworkers from operating in Israel.
13. Better armed and better trained, the Philistines are the deadliest threat.
14. Valiant Shamgar single-handedly strikes down 600 Philistines using a cattle goad.
15. The Philistines, constant enemies of Israel, maintained a foothold to the west.
16. They had been in battle with the Philistines, enemies of Jehovah’s people.
17. On one occasion, Samson struck down 30 Philistines and stripped off their outfits.
18. * The Philistines were sworn enemies of Jehovah’s people, as Satan’s world is today.
19. The Philistines experienced like treatment at the hands of Alexander and his successors.
20. But after decades of struggle, he too has failed to halt the Philistines.
21. He himself had already led 1,000 poorly armed Israelites to victory over the Philistines.
22. Samson’s exploits against the Philistines centered on the coastal area around Gaza and Ashkelon.
23. During that time, Jehovah allowed Israel’s enemies, such as the Philistines, to oppress them.
24. Samson was intent on leading the fight against the Philistines on behalf of God’s people.
25. The Bible reports that “the Philistines collected together and came and pitched camp in Shunem.
26. “And Samson proceeded to say: ‘Let my soul die with the Philistines.’”—Judges 16:30.
27. Unlike the Philistines, the Moabites are related to Israel, being descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot.
28. But the Philistines captured the Ark, killing Hophni and Phinehas. —1 Samuel 4:3-11.
29. “It was [Hezekiah] that struck down the Philistines clear to Gaza and also its territories.”
30. Philistines now overpowered Samson, blinded him, and put him in prison. —Judges 16:18-21.
31. Wherefore now return , and go in peace , that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
32. Hophni and Phinehas died in the battle, and the Philistines captured the ark of Jehovah’s covenant.
33. The Philistines had “seized by violence” a well of water dug by Abraham’s servants at Beer-sheba.
34. When the Philistines found his corpse, they fastened it on the wall of the city of Beth-shan.
35. (2 Kings 18:8) According to the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib, the Philistines become subjects of Hezekiah.
36. A pim measure of silver scrap was the price the Philistines charged the Israelites for sharpening their tools.
37. At Judges 16:30 we read: “And Samson proceeded to say: ‘Let my soul die with the Philistines.’”
38. Harold Acton (1904-1994) was a writer, scholar and Aesthete who listed as his principal recreation 'hunting the philistines'
39. The Philistines had pillaged their land and prevented them from defending themselves. —1 Samuel 13:5, 6, 17-19.
40. He takes his stand in a field of barley and single-handedly strikes down the Philistines with the sword.
41. Beelzebub first appears in the Old Testament in 2 Kings, being worshipped by the Philistines in the city of Ekron
42. So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.
43. David’s forces were ordered to leave on the following morning, and then the Philistines advanced to the battle site at Jezreel.
44. 9 The nearest route for the Israelites to take is by the Mediterranean Sea and through the land of the Philistines.
45. (1Sa 28:4) The account thereafter indicates that the Philistines advanced to Aphek while Israel descended to the spring at Jezreel.
46. Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west— and they devour Israel with open mouths! "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike." JPS Tanakh 1917 The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on …
47. The Phoenicians called her Astarte, the Assyrians worshiped her as Ishtar, and the Philistines had a temple of Asherah (1 Samuel 31:10)
48. Jehovah’s presence continued to be demonstrated when the Philistines captured the Ark and took it to Ashdod to sit alongside the image of Dagon.
49. Because of the divinely sent earthquake, turmoil spread among the Philistines, so that “the sword of each one [came] to be against his fellowman.”
50. The days of Samuel brought additional reverses for the Philistines (1Sa 7:13, 14) and proved to be a period marked by outstanding Passover celebrations.