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)


1 Chr. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

 14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.




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

1 Chr. 1:12
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

1 Chr. 10:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

1 Chr. 10:2
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

1 Chr. 10:7
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1 Chr. 10:8
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Chr. 10:9
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

1 Chr. 10:11
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Chr. 11:13
He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

1 Chr. 11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.

1 Chr. 11:15
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

1 Chr. 11:16
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.

1 Chr. 11:18
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,

1 Chr. 12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

1 Chr. 14:8
And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

1 Chr. 14:9
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

1 Chr. 14:10
And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

1 Chr. 14:13
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

1 Chr. 14:15
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

1 Chr. 14:16
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

1 Chr. 18:1
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Chr. 18:11
Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

1 Chr. 20:4
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

1 Chr. 20:5
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.