Editing Philistines (section)

=== Origins ===
In the [[Book of Genesis]], 10:13–14 states, with regard to descendants of [[Mizraim]], in the [[Generations of Noah|Table of Nations]]: "Mizraim begot the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, the [[Casluhim]], and the [[Caphtorim]], whence the Philistines came forth."<ref>{{cite web |title=Genesis 10:13-14 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.10.13-14?lang=en&aliyot=1 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> There is debate among interpreters as to whether Genesis 10:13–14 was intended to signify that the Philistines were the offspring of the Caphtorim or Casluhim.{{sfn|Macalister|1911|p=14}} Some interpreters, such as [[Friedrich Schwally]],<ref>[[Friedrich Schwally]], Die Rasse der Philistäer, in Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Theologie, xxxiv. 103, 1891</ref> [[Bernhard Stade]],<ref>[[Bernhard Stade]], [https://archive.org/stream/geschichtedesvo01holtgoog#page/n172/mode/1up Geschichte des Volkes Israel], 1881</ref> and [[Cornelis Tiele]]<ref>[[Cornelis Tiele]], [https://archive.org/stream/MN40194ucmf_1#page/n259/mode/1up De goden der Filistijnen en hun dienst, in Geschiedenis van den godsdienst in de oudheid tot op Alexander den Groote], 1893</ref> have argued for a third, Semitic origin.

According to rabbinic sources, the name Philistines designated two separate groups; those said to descend from the Casluhim were different from those described in the [[Deuteronomist#Deuteronomistic history|Deuteronomistic history]].{{sfn|Mathews|2005|p=41}}<ref name=Brett/> Deuteronomist sources describe the "Five Lords of the Philistines"{{efn|"Lords" is a translation of {{Transliteration|he|sarnei}} ({{lang|he|סַרְנֵ֣י}}) in Hebrew. The equivalent in the Greek of the [[Septuagint]] is {{Transliteration|grc|[[satraps]]}} ({{lang|grc|σατραπείαις}}).}} as based in five city-states of the southwestern Levant: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, from [[Wadi Gaza]] in the south to the [[Yarqon River]] in the north. This description portrays them at one period of time as among the [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Israel]]'s most dangerous enemies.<ref name="Fahlbusch and Bromiley, p. 185" /> In the [[Septuagint]], the term {{Transliteration|grc|allophiloi}} ({{langx|el|ἀλλόφυλοι}}), which means simply "other nations", is used instead of "Philistines".

Theologian [[Matthew Poole]] suggests that Casluhim and Caphtorim were brother tribes who lived in the same territory. However, the Capthorim enslaved the Cashluhim and their Philistine descendants, forcing the latter to flee to Canaan, according to Amos 9:7.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Genesis 10 Matthew Poole's Commentary |url=https://biblehub.com/commentaries/poole/genesis/10.htm |website=Biblehub}}</ref>