It appears that a sea people called the Peleset, from the Aegean Sea area, settled and mixed in with the Philistines in around 1155 BC.ĥ. The Philistines are mentioned around 222 times in the Bible, beginning with Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, and ending with Zechariah, the second to the last book of the Old Testament.Ĥ. The Philistines are best known in the Bible for their biblical conflict with the Israelites. After becoming part of the Babylonian Empire and later part of the Persian Empire, they lost their distinct ethnic identity and disappeared from the historical and archaeological record by the late 5th century BC.ģ. From around 715 BC to 604 BC they were controlled by the Assyrian Empire and then destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Ģ.
The Philistines were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from around 2000 BC until 604 BC. The cities of the Philistines were Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza, Ekron, and Gath.ġ. They occupied five city-states that controlled a major travel route connecting Africa with Asia and Europe called the Via Maris. The Philistine territory encompassed the southern coastal plain of Israel. The Philistines and Their Five City Strongholds
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