Philistines
Ancient coastal enemies
The Philistines were an ancient people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan, frequently in conflict with the Israelites in biblical accounts.
Goliath was a Philistine.
The name survives mainly through the lowercase derivative describing uncultured people. (Lowercase philistines means uncultured people.)
Biblical giant warrior
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
- DelilahTreacherous biblical woman
- Ark of the CovenantGold-plated acacia reliquary
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
Judges · David · Samuel · Saul · uncircumcised · Hebrew Bible · Jonathan · sling
Palestinian coastal territory
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
- AegeanEastern Mediterranean sea
- AnatoliaWestern Asian peninsula
archaeology · excavation · pottery · inscriptions · Mediterranean · Mycenaean · migration
Goliath
Biblical giant warrior
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
- DelilahTreacherous biblical woman
- Ark of the CovenantGold-plated acacia reliquary
Israelites · Judges · David · Samuel · Saul · uncircumcised · Hebrew Bible · Jonathan · sling
Gaza
Palestinian coastal territory
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
- AegeanEastern Mediterranean sea
Anatolia · archaeology · excavation · pottery · inscriptions · Mediterranean · Mycenaean · migration
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- Ancient LevantCanaan, Canaanites, Phoenicia, Phoenicians, Levant
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
- Biblical warfarebattle, battles, war, wars, warfare
- Levantine HistoryPhoenicians, Canaanites, Israelites, Crusades, British Mandate
- SamsonDelilah, strength, hair, jawbone, pillars
Philistinesaesthetes
Appreciators of beauty
intellectuals · cognoscenti · connoisseurs · highbrows · literati
PhilistinesIsraelites
Ancient Hebrew people
Hebrews · Jews · chosen people · Judeans · people of God