Philistines

thumb|313x313px|The Philistines are generally identified with the "Peleset" appearing in ancient Egyptian records. This depiction of a Peleset warrior at [[Medinet Habu has also led to hypotheses that they were originally among the invading Sea Peoples, who contributed to the Late Bronze Age collapse.]] thumb|Map of Philistia (red) in the 9th century BC. The Philistines appear in the [[Hebrew Bible for their numerous armed conflicts with neighbouring Israel and Judah.]]

thumb|David and Goliath (1888) by Osmar Schindler Goliath ( ) is a Philistine warrior of giant stature who plays a pivotal role in the origin myth of King David in the Book of Samuel. According to 1 Samuel, Goliath challenges the Israelites to best him in single combat. David, then a young shepherd, takes up the challenge and kills Goliath with a stone slung from a sling. The narrative signifies King Saul's unfitness to rule for not taking up the giant's challenge himself.

museum in Israel

thumb|right|300px|Delilah ( 1896) by Gustave Moreau

city in the State of Palestine

historiographical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus

Philistia refers to the territory inhabited by the Philistines in Canaan, where they maintained a pentapolis comprising the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath. For a time, Philistia also included Jaffa, which may have briefly changed hands with Israel before it was ultimately lost to the Neo-Assyrian Empire during Sennacherib's Levantine campaign.

extinct language spoken by the Philistines

Philistine inscription

archaeological site in Tel Aviv District, Israel

Episode in biblical history

Jimzu (), also known as Gimzo (meaning "sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda. Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine, Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces.

Phicol, also spelled Phichol (KJV) or Phikol, (, meaning "great"; ) was a Philistine military leader.

archaeological term

fourth chapter of the First Book of Samuel

first Book of Samuel chapter

thumb|313x313px|Peleset Warrior from the Medinet Habu|Medinet Habu temple The Peleset () or Pulasati (in older literature) are a people appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in ancient Egyptian from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BCE. They are hypothesised to have been one of the several ethnic groups of which the invading Sea Peoples were said to be composed. Today, historians generally identify the Peleset with the Philistines.

seventh chapter of the First Book of Samuel