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Philistia

Also known as Sea of the Philistines

Named in 6 verses across 3 books, first in Exodus 15:14.

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In the Bible

All 1 verse in Exodus, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Exodus

  • Exodus 15:14

    The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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'=Palestine (q.v.), “the land of the Philistines” (Ps. 60:8; 87:4; 108:9). The word is supposed to mean “the land of wanderers” or “of strangers.”

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