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The '''Philistines''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] פלשתים, ''plishtim'') (see "other uses" below) were a [[nation|people]] who inhabited the southern coast of [[Canaan]], their territory being named '''Philistia''' in later contexts. Their origin has been debated among scholars, but modern [[archaeology]] has suggested early cultural links with the [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenean]] world in mainland [[Greece]]. Though the Philistines adopted local [[Canaan]]ite culture and language before leaving any written texts, an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]).

The '''Philistines''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] פלשתים, ''plishtim'') (see "other uses" below) were a [[nation|people]] who inhabited the southern coast of [[Canaan]], their territory being named '''Philistia''' in later contexts. Their origin has been debated among scholars, but modern [[archaeology]] has suggested early cultural links with the [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenean]] world in mainland [[Greece]]. Though the Philistines adopted local [[Canaan]]ite culture and language before leaving any written texts, an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]).

===Statements in the Bible===

===Statements in the Bible===

The Hebrew [[tradition]] recorded in [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 10:14 states that the "''Pelishtim''" ('''פְּלִשְׁתִּים''', [[Standard Hebrew]] /pəlištim/, [[Tiberian Hebrew]] /pəlištîm/) proceeded from the "''[[Pathrusim]]''" (פַּתְרֻסִים) and the "''[[Casluhim]]''" (כַּסְלֻחִים), who descended from [[Mizraim]] (מִצְרַיִם, Egypt), son of [[Ham, son of Noah|Ham]]. The Philistines settled "''Pelesheth''" ('''פְּלֶשֶׁת''', [[Standard Hebrew]] /pəléšet/ or /pəlášet/, [[Tiberian Hebrew]] /{{Unicode|pəléšeṯ}}/ or /{{Unicode|Pəlāšeṯ}}/) along the eastern [[Mediterranean]] coast at about the time when the [[Israelites]] settled in the [[Judea|Judean highlands]]. Biblical references to Philistines living in the area before this, at the time of [[Abraham]] or [[Isaac]] (e.g. Gen. 21:32-34), are generally regarded by modern scholars to be anachronisms.

The Hebrew [[tradition]] recorded in [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 10:14 states that the "''Pelishtim''" ('''פְּלִשְׁתִּים''', [[Standard Hebrew]] /pəlištim/, [[Tiberian Hebrew]] /pəlištîm/) proceeded from the "''[[Pathrusim]]''" (פַּתְרֻסִים) and the "''[[Casluhim]]''" (כַּסְלֻחִים), who descended from [[Mizraim]] (מִצְרַיִם, Egypt), son of [[Ham, son of Noah|Ham]]. The Philistines settled "''Pelesheth''" ('''פְּלֶשֶׁת''', [[Standard Hebrew]] /pəléšet/ or /pəlášet/, [[Tiberian Hebrew]] /pəléšeṯ/ or /Pəlāšeṯ/) along the eastern [[Mediterranean]] coast at about the time when the [[Israelites]] settled in the [[Judea|Judean highlands]]. Biblical references to Philistines living in the area before this, at the time of [[Abraham]] or [[Isaac]] (e.g. Gen. 21:32-34), are generally regarded by modern scholars to be anachronisms.

The Philistines are spoken of in the ''[[Book of Amos]]'' as originating in [[Caphtor]]: "saith the LORD: Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?" (''Amos'' 9:7). Later, in the [[7th century BC]], ''[[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]]'' makes the same association with Caphtor. "For the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor, (Jeremiah 47:4). Scholars variously identify the land of Caphtor with [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]] and other locations in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Philistines are spoken of in the ''[[Book of Amos]]'' as originating in [[Caphtor]]: "saith the LORD: Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?" (''Amos'' 9:7). Later, in the [[7th century BC]], ''[[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]]'' makes the same association with Caphtor. "For the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor, (Jeremiah 47:4). Scholars variously identify the land of Caphtor with [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]] and other locations in the eastern Mediterranean.