Philistia
Region in the Bible
Other names: Sea of the Philistines
Location: 33.56° N, 35.37° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)
Mentioned in 6 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Philistia is mentioned
Exodus 15:14
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:29–31
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
30 Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
Read in contextPsalms 60:8
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Read in contextPsalms 87:4
“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
Read in contextPsalms 108:9
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
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