Philistia

Psalms

The City That Claims Everyone

Philistia is named here as one of the enemy territories God enrolls in Zion's registry, a coastal nation whose wars with Israel made its inclusion in this list deeply unsettling.

Isaiah

The Fall of the Tyrant

Philistia is warned here not to celebrate the fall of whoever struck them — a worse threat is already coming from the north, and their premature relief is about to be replaced by famine and total destruction.

Joel

The Valley Where Everything Gets Settled

Philistia is addressed as a third guilty party — the coastal region that joined in exploiting Judah's vulnerability, participating in the same slave trade networks that shipped God's people as far from home as possible.

Zephaniah

Every Empire Has an Expiration Date

Philistia is identified as the first region in Zephaniah's westward sweep of judgment, representing the coastal nations that will face God's sentence alongside Judah's enemies.

Zephaniah

The God Who Sings Over You

Philistia appears as one of the foreign nations already addressed in Zephaniah's earlier warnings, part of the ring of powers surrounding Israel that God declared would face judgment.