Philistia

The Philistines were a powerful people who inhabited the coastal plain of Canaan and were often in conflict with the Israelites during the period of the judges and early monarchy.

PlaceOld Testament19 books283 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Genesis 21:32; referred to as Philistia (פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת, פְּלִשְׁתִּי).

Location

Certainty: Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates: 31.664° N, 34.546° E

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Glossary entries

Philistia, Philistines Palestina

Connections

Founded by: Philistine

Alternative names

פְּלֶ֫שֶׁתPhilistia
פְּלִשְׁתִּיPhilistine

Mentions

First 200 of 283

Includes 33 verses that refer to Philistia without naming it.

Genesis 21:32פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:34פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
Genesis 26:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Genesis 26:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Genesis 26:14פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 26:15פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
Genesis 26:16Referred to, not named
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Genesis 26:18פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Exodus 13:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
Exodus 15:14פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת · Philistia
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Exodus 23:31פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Joshua 13:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
Joshua 13:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
Judges 3:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Judges 3:31פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
Judges 10:6פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
Judges 10:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
Judges 10:8Referred to, not named
…who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
Judges 10:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
Judges 13:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Judges 13:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
Judges 14:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
Judges 14:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
Judges 14:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
Judges 14:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
Judges 15:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
Judges 15:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Judges 15:6פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
Judges 15:7Referred to, not named
And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
Judges 15:8Referred to, not named
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
Judges 15:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
Judges 15:10Referred to, not named
“Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
Judges 15:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Judges 15:12פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
Judges 15:13Referred to, not named
“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
Judges 15:14פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
Judges 15:20פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Judges 16:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Judges 16:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
Judges 16:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
Judges 16:12פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
Judges 16:14פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Judges 16:18פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
Judges 16:20פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
Judges 16:21פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Judges 16:23פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Judges 16:27פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
Judges 16:28פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
Judges 16:30פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
1 Samuel 4:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
1 Samuel 4:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
1 Samuel 4:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
1 Samuel 4:6פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
1 Samuel 4:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
1 Samuel 4:8Referred to, not named
Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
1 Samuel 4:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
1 Samuel 4:10פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
1 Samuel 4:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
1 Samuel 5:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
1 Samuel 5:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
1 Samuel 5:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
1 Samuel 5:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
1 Samuel 6:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
1 Samuel 6:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
1 Samuel 6:3Referred to, not named
They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
1 Samuel 6:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
1 Samuel 6:5Referred to, not named
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
1 Samuel 6:6Referred to, not named
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
1 Samuel 6:7Referred to, not named
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
1 Samuel 6:8Referred to, not named
Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
1 Samuel 6:9Referred to, not named
…but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
1 Samuel 6:12פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
1 Samuel 6:16פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
1 Samuel 6:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
1 Samuel 6:18פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
1 Samuel 6:21פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
1 Samuel 7:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 7:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
1 Samuel 7:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
…and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 7:10פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
1 Samuel 7:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
1 Samuel 7:13פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel 7:14פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
1 Samuel 9:16פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
1 Samuel 10:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
1 Samuel 12:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
1 Samuel 13:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
1 Samuel 13:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
1 Samuel 13:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
1 Samuel 13:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
1 Samuel 13:12פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
1 Samuel 13:16פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
1 Samuel 13:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
1 Samuel 13:19פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
1 Samuel 13:20פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
1 Samuel 13:23פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
1 Samuel 14:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
1 Samuel 14:6Referred to, not named
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
1 Samuel 14:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
1 Samuel 14:19פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
1 Samuel 14:21פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
1 Samuel 14:22פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
1 Samuel 14:30פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
1 Samuel 14:31פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 14:36פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
1 Samuel 14:37פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
1 Samuel 14:46פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
1 Samuel 14:47פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
1 Samuel 14:52פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
1 Samuel 17:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
1 Samuel 17:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
1 Samuel 17:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
1 Samuel 17:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
1 Samuel 17:9Referred to, not named
If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
1 Samuel 17:10פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
1 Samuel 17:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
1 Samuel 17:16פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
1 Samuel 17:19פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 17:21פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
1 Samuel 17:23פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
1 Samuel 17:26פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
1 Samuel 17:27Referred to, not named
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
1 Samuel 17:32פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
1 Samuel 17:33פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
1 Samuel 17:36פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
1 Samuel 17:37פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
1 Samuel 17:40פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
1 Samuel 17:41פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
1 Samuel 17:42פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
1 Samuel 17:43פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 17:44פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
1 Samuel 17:45פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Samuel 17:46פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:47Referred to, not named
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:48פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
1 Samuel 17:49פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
1 Samuel 17:50פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
1 Samuel 17:51פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
1 Samuel 17:52פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
1 Samuel 17:53פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
1 Samuel 17:54פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
1 Samuel 17:55פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
1 Samuel 17:57פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
1 Samuel 18:6פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
1 Samuel 18:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 18:21פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
1 Samuel 18:25פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 18:27פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
1 Samuel 18:30פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
1 Samuel 19:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
1 Samuel 19:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
1 Samuel 21:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
1 Samuel 22:10פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
1 Samuel 23:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
1 Samuel 23:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
1 Samuel 23:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
1 Samuel 23:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
1 Samuel 23:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
1 Samuel 23:27פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
1 Samuel 23:28פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
1 Samuel 24:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
1 Samuel 27:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
1 Samuel 27:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
1 Samuel 27:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
1 Samuel 28:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
1 Samuel 28:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
1 Samuel 28:5פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
1 Samuel 28:15פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
1 Samuel 28:19פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 29:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
1 Samuel 29:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
1 Samuel 29:3פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
1 Samuel 29:4פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
1 Samuel 29:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 29:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
1 Samuel 29:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
1 Samuel 30:16פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
1 Samuel 30:19Referred to, not named
Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
1 Samuel 31:1פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:2פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
1 Samuel 31:4Referred to, not named
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Samuel 31:7פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
1 Samuel 31:8פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:9פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
1 Samuel 31:10Referred to, not named
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
1 Samuel 31:11פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
2 Samuel 1:20פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
2 Samuel 3:14פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
2 Samuel 3:18פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
2 Samuel 5:17פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
2 Samuel 5:18פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:19פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
2 Samuel 5:20Referred to, not named
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
2 Samuel 5:21Referred to, not named
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
2 Samuel 5:22פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:23Referred to, not named
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
2 Samuel 5:24פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
2 Samuel 5:25פְּלִשְׁתִּי · Philistine
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.