Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'philistines' occurs 257 times in the standard works.

175 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'philistines' in the standard works and contain 68.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 7:3-14 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Sam. 23:9-16 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Sam. 4:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 29:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 23:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 5:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 11:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 13:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 31:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:51-53 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 14:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 15:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 16:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)


2 Sam. 21:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

 21:13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

 21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.




1 Sam. 14:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 29:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 31:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 10:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 47:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

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