LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES

(ceren, same as Hebrew word for "axle," probably a native designation): These "lords" (Joshua 13:3 Judges 3:3; Judges 16:5, etc.; 1 Samuel 5:8, 11, etc.), elsewhere called "princes" (sar, 1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Samuel 29:3, 4, 9), were the petty rulers or kings of the 5 Philistine cities, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath.

See PHILISTINES.

Samson the Strong.
... All the lords of the Philistines were there, and upon the broad roof of the temple
were about three thousand people watching Samson while he showed his strength ...
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The Destruction that came Upon the Philistines, and Upon
... had offered a splendid sacrifice to God, and feasted, they offered the cart and
the kine as a burnt-offering: and when the lords of the Philistines saw this ...
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Strength Profaned and Lost
... Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice
unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath ...
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Praying Saints of the Old Testaments
... "Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were
there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women ...
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Repentance and victory
... in Mizpeh.7. And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered
together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. ...
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Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... afterward it came to pass he saw, And lov'da woman named Delilah, Who in the vale
of Sorek dwelt, to whom There did the lords of the Philistines come, And said ...
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What Doest Thou Here?
... The lords of the Philistines said, 'What do these Hebrews here?' They
saw the inconsistency, if David and his men did not. They ...
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The Expedition of the Philistines against the Hebrews and the ...
... them to attempt it: "O you Israelites," said he, "to whom the Philistines are still ...
to be contented with an inclination to get clear of your lords and masters ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... with torches attached to their tails, among the standing corn of the Philistines. ...
all his might," overturned them, "and the house fell upon the lords, and upon ...
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Israel in Canaan.
... In the latter part of this time, their chief enemies were the Philistines, in the ...
They had no king, but were ruled by lords of their five cities, and made ...
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