Philistines

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• Joshua 13:2 OT

  “This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

• Joshua 15:45 OT

  Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

• Joshua 15:47 OT

  Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.

• Genesis 21:22 OT

  At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

• Genesis 21:34 OT

  Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

• Genesis 26:8 OT

  When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

• Zechariah 9:6 OT

  Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

• Judges 16:23 OT

  The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”

• 1 Samuel 5:2 OT

  The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

• Isaiah 2:6 OT

  For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

• 1 Samuel 17:1 OT

  Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

• 1 Samuel 28:1 OT

  In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the army, you and your men.”

• 1 Samuel 17:4-7 OT

  A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels…

• 2 Samuel 21:16 OT

  and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David.

• 2 Samuel 21:18-20 OT

  After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite…

• Judges 3:1-3 OT

  Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan; only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing…

• Psalms 83:7 OT

  Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

• Isaiah 9:11 OT

  Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,

• Isaiah 9:12 OT

  The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

• Judges 3:31 OT

  After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. He also saved Israel.

• Judges 10:7 OT

  Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

• Judges 10:8 OT

  They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

• Judges 13:1 OT

  The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

• Judges 13:5 OT

  for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”