How To Use Philistia In A Sentence
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For the tumblebug was sincere in his insane doings, and all Philistia honored him sincerely, so that there was nowhere any hope for this people.
Jurgen A Comedy of Justice
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I'll wager that when the first-born of Canaan was in the flood-tide of glory, this very gown was worn by one of the most beautiful women in the pentapolis of Philistia.
Romance Island
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Version but four times in all, always in poetical passages; the first in (Exodus 15: 14) and Isai 14: 29 The second (Joel 3: 4) In each case the Hebrew is Pelesheth, a word found, besides the above, only in (Psalms 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4) and Psal 108: 9 In all which our translators have rendered it by "Philistia" or
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal ; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
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Sloping down from the Judean hills toward the plain of Philistia and the Mediterranean Sea is the Shefelah, or Lowlands, a section of
Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
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It had been called "Philistia" for the most part, undoubtedly after the Philistines whose Goliath had fought David thousands of years before.
Israpundit
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What if we just renamed Gaza to Southern Philistia?
Matthew Yglesias » Parallel
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Tell us something surprising about the life of women in Philistia.
Archive 2009-11-01
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(rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4; 108: 9) occurs in the Old Testament.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By November 1918 the British under Allenby were pursuing the Turks through the region they then called Philistia (so designated in Wavell's memoirs).
Good Neighbours
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Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss over Philistia I shout in triumph.
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cockatrice" (literally, "viper's offspring," as Philistia would regard him), namely, Hezekiah awaits you (2Ki 18: 8).
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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In any case, to borrow a page from Thomas E. Levy, the emergence of the Israelite state would occur as a result of local peer polity interaction with neighboring statelets such as Philistia, Edom, Moab, and others.
Quote of the Day (Israel Finkelstein)
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The Roman name "Philistia" was a fiction invented by the Roman emperor Hadrian after the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E., a fiction of Hadrian then, and a fiction of the Arabs today, to the same degree.
Archive 2001-09-01
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The modern Gaza Strip, classically known as "Philistia" and later as "Palestine.
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