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)

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)

Judg. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:23-14:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Kgs. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.




1 Chr. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 254 0 254
Gen. 7 0 7
Ex. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 34 0 34
1 Sam. 120 0 120
2 Sam. 29 0 29
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 29 0 29
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 3 0 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 257 0 257

2 Kgs. 8:2
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

2 Kgs. 8:3
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

2 Kgs. 18:8
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.