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October 13, 2014

The Philistines and their Northern Relatives

The Philistines—perennial enemies of the Israelites in the Bible—were one of several tribes of “Sea Peoples” from the Aegean who invaded and colonized the eastern shores of the Mediterranean in the 12th century B.C.E. While the Philistines were concentrated in what is now the Gaza Strip, other tribes lived along the northern coast of Israel as well as in Syria and Lebanon. They were a force to be reckoned with:

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October 13, 2014

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