Philistia
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- An ancient pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza.
- 2010, Seymour Gitin, Philistines in the Books of Kings, André Lemaire, Baruch Halpern, Matthew Joel Adams (editors), The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception, page 317 ↗,
- With Assyria in full control of the Levantine littoral, Philistia, which was vital to Assyrian political and commercial aspirations, was treated leniently and was awarded “favored nation” status.
- 2010, Seymour Gitin, Philistines in the Books of Kings, André Lemaire, Baruch Halpern, Matthew Joel Adams (editors), The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception, page 317 ↗,
- Philistine (which see for more)
- French: Philistie
- Italian: Filistia
- Portuguese: Filisteia
- Spanish: Filistea
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