The subject of ultimate Philistine origins is introduced in the table of nations (Genesis10:13-14) by linking them to the Egyptians (Mizraim).

The story of the Philistines in Genesis is a story of mutual trechery and covenant making and breaking.  The treachery of Abraham and Isaac stemmed from their fear of the Philistines with both lying to Abimelech¹ that their wives were their sisters.  After the birth of the child of promise Abimelech seeks to make peace with Abraham because of the obvious blessing of God in the latter's life.  With this the promise to Abraham that he would become a blessing to the nations began to come true.  The true treachery began with the Philistines in which they violated the covenant by stopping the wells of Abraham, but Isaac redug and restored the names of the wells without retaliation.

(Genesis 10:14)  and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
(Genesis 21:32)  So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.
(Genesis 21:34)  And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.
(Genesis 26:1)  Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
(Genesis 26:8)  It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.
(Genesis 26:14-15)  for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. {15} Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.
(Genesis 26:18)  Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

When Israel left Egypt they are not allowed to go by the way of the sea through the land of the Philistines because if war broke out the people would return to Egypt (13:17).  Here is the problem with this text: Why would Israel have to fear the Philistines  when their God had just defeated with such a great victory that the Philistines were terrified (15:14)?  The answer seems simple, Abraham had a non-aggression treaty bound by the name of God to not fight the Philistines.  Could it be that God was honoring this treaty and would refuse to fight on behalf of Israel because of it?

(Exodus 13:17)  Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, "The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt."
(Exodus 15:14)  "The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
(Exodus 23:31)  "I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

(Joshua 13:2-3)  "This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites; {3} from the Shihor which is east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite

(Judges 3:3)  These nations are: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.

(Judges 3:31)  After him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.
(Judges 10:6-7)  Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. {7} The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
(Judges 10:11)  The LORD said to the sons of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?
(Judges 13:1)  Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
(Judges 13:5)  "For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
(Judges 14:1-4)  Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. {2} So he came back and told his father and mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife." {3} Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she looks good to me." {4} However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
(Judges 15:3)  Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."
(Judges 15:5-6)  When he had set fire to the torches, he released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, thus burning up both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves. {6} Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.
(Judges 15:9)  Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.
(Judges 15:11-12)  Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them." {12} They said to him, "We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me."
(Judges 15:14)  When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.
(Judges 15:20)  So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
(Judges 16:5)  The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."
(Judges 16:8-9)  Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. {9} Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered.
(Judges 16:12)  So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For the men were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread.
(Judges 16:14)  So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.
(Judges 16:18)  When Delilah saw that he had told her all that was in his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands.
(Judges 16:20-21)  She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. {21} Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
(Judges 16:23)  Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands."
(Judges 16:27-28)  Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them. {28} Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."
(Judges 16:30)  And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

(1 Samuel 4:1-3)  Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek. {2} The Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield. {3} When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that it may come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies."
(1 Samuel 4:6-7)  When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" Then they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp. {7} The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.
(1 Samuel 4:9-10)  "Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight." {10} So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
(1 Samuel 4:17)  Then the one who brought the news replied, "Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken."
(1 Samuel 5:1-2)  Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. {2} Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
(1 Samuel 5:8)  So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around.
(1 Samuel 5:11)  They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
(1 Samuel 6:1-2)  Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months. {2} And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we shall send it to its place."
(1 Samuel 6:4)  Then they said, "What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?" And they said, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords.
(1 Samuel 6:12)  And the cows took the straight way in the direction of Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
(1 Samuel 6:16-18)  When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day. {17} These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; {18} and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages. The large stone on which they set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
(1 Samuel 6:21)  So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come down and take it up to you."
(1 Samuel 7:3)  Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."
(1 Samuel 7:7-8)  Now when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the sons of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. {8} Then the sons of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines."
(1 Samuel 7:10-11)  Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were routed before Israel. {11} The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as below Beth-car.
(1 Samuel 7:13-14)  So the Philistines were subdued and they did not come anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. {14} The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. So there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
(1 Samuel 9:16)  "About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me."
(1 Samuel 10:5)  "Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
(1 Samuel 12:9)  "But they forgot the LORD their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
(1 Samuel 13:3-5)  Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear." {4} All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. {5} Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
(1 Samuel 13:11-12)  But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, {12} therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."
(1 Samuel 13:16-17)  Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. {17} And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
(1 Samuel 13:19-20)  Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears." {20} So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.
(1 Samuel 13:23)  And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
(1 Samuel 14:1)  Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
(1 Samuel 14:4)  Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
(1 Samuel 14:11)  When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, "Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves."
(1 Samuel 14:19)  While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
(1 Samuel 14:21-22)  Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. {22} When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle.
(1 Samuel 14:30-31)  "How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great." {31} They struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary.
(1 Samuel 14:36-37)  Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." So the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here." {37} Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him on that day.
(1 Samuel 14:46-47)  Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. {47} Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.
(1 Samuel 14:52)  Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he attached him to his staff.
(1 Samuel 17:1-4)  Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. {2} Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines. {3} The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. {4} Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
(1 Samuel 17:8)  He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
(1 Samuel 17:10-11)  Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." {11} When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
(1 Samuel 17:16)  The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.
(1 Samuel 17:19)  "For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."
(1 Samuel 17:21)  Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.
(1 Samuel 17:23)  As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them.
(1 Samuel 17:26)  Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?"
(1 Samuel 17:32-33)  David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." {33} Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."
(1 Samuel 17:36-37)  "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." {37} And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."
(1 Samuel 17:40-46)  He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. {41} Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. {42} When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance. {43} The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. {44} The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field." {45} Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. {46} "This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
(1 Samuel 17:48-53)  Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. {49} And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. {50} Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand. {51} Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. {52} The men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron. {53} The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps.
(1 Samuel 17:55)  Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know."
(1 Samuel 17:57)  So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.
(1 Samuel 18:6)  It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.
(1 Samuel 18:17)  Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."
(1 Samuel 18:21)  Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today."
(1 Samuel 18:25)  Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.' " Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
(1 Samuel 18:27)  David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.
(1 Samuel 18:30)  Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed.
(1 Samuel 19:5)  "For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?"
(1 Samuel 19:8)  When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him.
(1 Samuel 21:9)  Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."
(1 Samuel 22:10)  "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
(1 Samuel 23:1-5)  Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors." {2} So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah." {3} But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?" {4} Then David inquired of the LORD once more. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." {5} So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.
(1 Samuel 23:27-28)  But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land." {28} So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.
(1 Samuel 24:1)  Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."
(1 Samuel 27:1)  Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."
(1 Samuel 27:7)  The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
(1 Samuel 27:11)  David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"
(1 Samuel 28:1)  Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men."
(1 Samuel 28:4-5)  So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. {5} When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.
(1 Samuel 28:15)  Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do."
(1 Samuel 28:19)  "Moreover the LORD will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the LORD will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!"
(1 Samuel 29:1-4)  Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. {2} And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish. {3} Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?" {4} But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men?
(1 Samuel 29:7)  "Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines."
(1 Samuel 29:9)  But Achish replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.'
(1 Samuel 29:11)  So David arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
(1 Samuel 30:16)  When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
(1 Samuel 31:1-2)  Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. {2} The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul.
(1 Samuel 31:7-9)  When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. {8} It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. {9} They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people.
(1 Samuel 31:11)  Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

(2 Samuel 1:20)  "Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.
(2 Samuel 3:14)  So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, "Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines."
(2 Samuel 3:18)  "Now then, do it! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, 'By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.'"
(2 Samuel 5:17-19)  When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold. {18} Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. {19} Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?" And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand."
(2 Samuel 5:22)  Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
(2 Samuel 5:24-25)  "It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." {25} Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.
(2 Samuel 8:1)  Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.
(2 Samuel 8:12)  from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
(2 Samuel 19:9)  All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
(2 Samuel 21:12)  then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.
(2 Samuel 21:15)  Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.
(2 Samuel 21:17-19)  But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel." {18} Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant. {19} There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
(2 Samuel 23:9-14)  and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn. {10} He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain. {11} Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. {12} But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory. {13} Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. {14} David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
(2 Samuel 23:16)  So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD;

(1 Kings 4:21)  Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
(1 Kings 15:27)  Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
(1 Kings 16:15)  In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

(2 Kings 8:2-3)  So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. {3} At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field.
(2 Kings 18:8)  He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

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(1 Chronicles 1:12)  Pathrus, Casluh, from which the Philistines came, and Caphtor.

(1 Chronicles 10:1-2)  Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. {2} The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
(1 Chronicles 10:7-9)  When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. {8} It came about the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. {9} So they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent messengers around the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.
(1 Chronicles 10:11)  When all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
(1 Chronicles 11:13-16)  He was with David at Pasdammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. {14} They took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory. {15} Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. {16} David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
(1 Chronicles 11:18)  So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD;
(1 Chronicles 12:19)  From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
(1 Chronicles 14:8-10)  When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them. {9} Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. {10} David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand."
(1 Chronicles 14:13)  The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley.
(1 Chronicles 14:15-16)  "It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." {16} David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
(1 Chronicles 18:1)  Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
(1 Chronicles 18:11)  King David also dedicated these to the LORD with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
(1 Chronicles 20:4-5)  Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. {5} And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

(2 Chronicles 9:26)  He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.
(2 Chronicles 17:11)  Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
(2 Chronicles 21:16)  Then the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians;
(2 Chronicles 26:6-7)  Now he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines. {7} God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
(2 Chronicles 28:18)  The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

(Psalms 60:8)  "Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Shout loud, O Philistia, because of Me!"
(Psalms 83:7)  Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
(Psalms 87:4)  "I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me; Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: 'This one was born there.'"
(Psalms 108:9)  "Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Over Philistia I will shout aloud."
 

(Isaiah 2:6)  For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
(Isaiah 9:12)  The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west; And they devour Israel with gaping jaws. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
(Isaiah 11:14)  They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; Together they will plunder the sons of the east; They will possess Edom and Moab, And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.
(Isaiah 14:29)  "Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For from the serpent's root a viper will come out, And its fruit will be a flying serpent.
(Isaiah 14:31)  "Wail, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks.

(Jeremiah 25:20)  and all the foreign people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod);
(Jeremiah 47:1)  That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.
(Jeremiah 47:4)  On account of the day that is coming To destroy all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every ally that is left; For the LORD is going to destroy the Philistines, The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

(Ezekiel 16:27)  "Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd conduct.
(Ezekiel 16:57)  before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines--those surrounding you who despise you.
(Ezekiel 25:15-16)  'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity," {16} therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

(Joel 3:4)  "Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

(Amos 1:8)  "I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; I will even unleash My power upon Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines will perish," Says the Lord GOD.
(Amos 6:2)  Go over to Calneh and look, And go from there to Hamath the great, Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours?
(Amos 9:7)  "Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD. "Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

(Obadiah 1:19)  Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain; Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

(Zephaniah 2:5)  Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will destroy you So that there will be no inhabitant.

(Zechariah 9:6)  And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.