Bible Encyclopedia: The Philistines: Country of: had Many Flourishing Cities

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Sennacherib (705-681 BC )
... to look on in security at the ruin of the Philistines, the hereditary ... of the Tigris
probably recommenced as soon as the king had quitted the country. ...
/.../chapter isennacherib 705-681 b c.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... land of Canaan: the judges"The Philistines and the ... to reconnoitre and report on the
country.* Its population ... troops, and yet its inhabitants had been more ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

In Judaea
... Samson had come down upon the Philistines, and here ... The Shephelah, of course, is
the country along the ... infer from Talmudical documents that Lydda had been the ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 5 in judaea.htm

Paul in Corinth.
... seeds of truth in one city, or country, they made ... was gladly received by the Gentiles,
who had lived in ... the way of the land of the Philistines, although that ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxi paul in corinth.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... similar in form to those of the Philistines or the ... obviate such a disaster, the
Assyrians had constructed a ... In a country thus unequally favoured by nature, the ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... He devastated the surrounding country, razed the city walls to ... about 25,000 hoplites,
and about as many more light ... numbers to the enemy, but it had no cavalry ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... beginning of his reign Assur-bani-pal had shown them ... offer any serious resistance:
he overran the country from end ... and left, and laid desolate for many a year ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... of Damascus, Moab, Edom, or the Philistines.* The daily ... woods and passes of an unknown
country, which daily ... of this formidable chain, and had endeavoured to ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... were inhabited at a later period by the Philistines (Josh ... led to the invasion of
the Hyksos, had settled around ... where the rugged nature of the country served to ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Iranian Conquest
... and too dear for easy circulation through many hands ... whether he was executed or fled
the country, but his friends were tortured to death or had to purchase ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Samuel 6:17
And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
Torrey's Topical Textbook