page_title: Philistia
hierarchical_section_title: Philistia
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Philistine Pentapolis Aphek (Antipatris, Tell Afik)&#160;: 32.104380 N, 34.931880 E Ashdod (Asdudu)&#160;: 31.756558 N, 34.658457 E Ashkelon&#160;: 31.668962 N, 34.553914 E Gaza (Azzati, Hazzat, Azzah)&#160;: 31.547716 N, 34.513429 E Bet Shemesh (house of Shamash)&#160;: 31.751349 N, 34.975121 E Bet-el (Baytin)&#160;: 31.921862 N, 35.239972 E Bethlehem&#160;: 31.705092 N, 35.200644 E Eglon (Tell el-Hesi)&#160;: 31.547683 N, 34.730278 E Ekron (Tel Miqne)&#160;: 31.778227 N, 34.850253 E Gath (Tel es-Safi)&#160;: 31.700813 N, 34.846286 E Gerar (Tel Haror)&#160;: 31.381640 N, 34.607276 E Gezer&#160;: 31.859743 N, 34.921359 E Gibeah (Tell el-Ful&#160;?)&#160;: 31.823216 N, 35.231368 E Hebron&#160;: 31.524440 N, 35.101899 E Jericho (Tell es Sultan)&#160;: 31.871002 N, 35.443910 E Jerusalem (Jebus)&#160;: 31.773573 N, 35.234090 E Joppa (Yapu, Japho, Jaffa)&#160;: 32.053785 N, 34.752808 E Mizpah (Tell en-Nasbeh)&#160;: 31.885735 N, 35.216278 E Ophrah&#160;: 32.610448 N, 35.289963 E imprecise coordinates Pisgah&#160;: 31.765095 N, 35.719079 E imprecise coordinates Rapha (Rafah)&#160;: 31.288611 N, 34.251944 E Sharuhen (Tell el-Ajjul)&#160;: 31.467665 N, 34.404297 E Shiloh&#160;: 32.056001 N, 35.289578 E Ziglag (Tell Halif, Tell Khuweilifeh)&#160;: 31.382691 N, 34.866604 E
context_page_description: Philistia was a confederation of cities in the Southwest Levant. Its appearance follows the invasion of Egypt by the foreign sea People, of which Philistines or Peleset are part, and their alleged relocation to the southern abandoned coast of Canaan by Ramesses III following his victory over them. Philistia northern boundary was the Yarkon River with the Mediterranean Sea on the west, the Kingdom of Judah to the east and the Wadi El-Arish to the south. Philistia consisted of the Five Lords of the Philistines, described in the Book of Joshua and the Books of Samuel, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza, in the south-western Levant.
  The Five Lords of the Philistines are described in the Hebrew Bible as being in constant struggle and interaction with the neighbouring Israelites, Canaanites and Egyptians, being gradually absorbed into the Canaanite culture.
  The Philistines were no longer mentioned following the conquest of the Levant by the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Genetic and archeological evidence suggest that the Philistines immigrated from Southern Europe to Canaan, and mixed with the native Canaanites during the first couple of centuries.
context_section_description: Philistia (Hebrew: פלשת, Pleshet) was a confederation of cities in the Southwest Levant. Its appearance follows the invasion of Egypt by the foreign sea People, of which Philistines or Peleset are part, and their alleged relocation to the southern abandoned coast of Canaan by Ramesses III following his victory over them. Philistia northern boundary was the Yarkon River with the Mediterranean Sea on the west, the Kingdom of Judah to the east and the Wadi El-Arish to the south. Philistia consisted of the Five Lords of the Philistines, described in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 13:3) and the Books of Samuel (1 Samuel 6:17), comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza, in the south-western Levant.
  The Five Lords of the Philistines are described in the Hebrew Bible as being in constant struggle and interaction with the neighbouring Israelites, Canaanites and Egyptians, being gradually absorbed into the Canaanite culture.
  The Philistines were no longer mentioned following the conquest of the Levant by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC). Genetic and archeological evidence suggest that the Philistines immigrated from Southern Europe to Canaan, and mixed with the native Canaanites during the first couple of centuries.
caption: The Philistine cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath, as described in the Bible
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