Philistines - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)

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The Philistines (English pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɨstiːnz, -staɪnz, fɨˈlɪstɨnz, -tiːnz/; Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎‎, Plištim), or Pleshet, were a people who occupied the southern coast of Canaan at the beginning of the Iron Age (c. 1175 BC). According to the Bible, they ruled the five city-states (the "Philistine Pentapolis") of Gaza, Askelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath, from the Wadi Gaza in the south to the Yarqon River in the north, but with no fixed border to the east. The Bible paints them as Israel's most dangerous enemy. The total population of Philistia after the arrival of immigrants was around 25,000 in the 12th century (immediately after the migration), rising to a peak of 30,000 in the 11th century; the Aegean element was not more than half the total, and perhaps much less.