JUDGMENT ON THE PHILISTINE CITIES JEREMIAH...

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JUDGMENT ON THE PHILISTINE CITIES

JEREMIAH 47:1-7

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Judgment on the Philistine Cities

Commentary

By

John C. Sewell

Text:

Jeremiah 47:1-7,

1. The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 2. “Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their in habitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain. 3. Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear. 4. For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete. 5. The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power?




6. How long will you cry out, ‘Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’ 7. But how can it rest when I, the Lord, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. (NET) Introduction: I. Jeremiah 47:1-49:39 contains oracles against smaller nations. (Smith)

A. These seven oracles were against smaller nations which were, Smith further advised, vassal states of Nebuchadnezzar which were plotting rebellion.

II. Only verse 1 of Jeremiah 47 is written as prose. The other verses are poetry. III. This oracle deals with the prophecy against the Philistines and the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon; that is, the western coastline of Palestine. (See Coffman.)

Commentary: Jeremiah 47:1, The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. (NET)

I. The Lord spoke to the Prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

A. This statement dates the time when God communicated this oracle to Jeremiah. (Hamilton)

1. However, Clark noted that the date of this prophecy cannot be easily ascertained.




B. The exact date when “Pharaoh attacked Gaza” is uncertain and may be referencing a time before Josiah’s death in 609 B.C.E. or perhaps after the battle at Carchemish in 604 B.C.E. (Hamilton)

C. “Gaza was a major Philistine city.” (Hamilton) “Gaza was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines. The other principal cities were Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gath and Ekron. Gaza was the southernmost city of Canaan and was situated on the great caravan route between Mesopotamia and Egypt, at the junction of the trade route from Arabia. (Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary)

1. Jeremiah 25:20, the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod; (NET)

2. 1 Samuel 6:17, These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord—one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. (NET)

D. Willis wrote, “It is most likely that this refers to an attack by the Babylonians, although the attack could also have been by the Egyptians, as they retreated from the Babylonians following their defeat at Carchemish.”

1. Jeremiah 46:11, Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you. (NET)

2. Willis quoted McKane as writing, “It makes sense to see the Babylonians here, because they are often the enemy that comes from the north, and there is clear evidence of a Babylonian destruction of Ashkelon in 604 B.C. On the




other hand, one is left to wonder why there is no reference to the Babylonians in the introduction.”

E. Coffman explained that “before Pharaoh attacked Gaza” could refer to either:…

1. Pharaoh – Necco who marched against Babylon in 609 B.C., that being when Josiah opposed him and was killed at Megiddo, or …

2. Pharaoh – Necco, having been severely defeated at Carchemish, may have taken Gaza and fortified it, as a bastion against Nebuchadnezzar’s following him into Egypt, or …

3. Another king. Pharaoh-Hophra (588-570 B.C.) may have token Gaza in an expedition against Tyre and Sidon.

F. Coffman noted that these prophecies about the nations were written well before the actual advance of the Babylonians and, in fact, at a time when Egypt, not Babylon, was the power most people feared.

1. “At a time when Pharaoh of Egypt was the dominating power, even at that early time, Jeremiah prophesied the great flood of the Babylonian invasion from the north,” Coffman wrote.

2. Coffman continued, “Another excellent reason for dating this prophesy prior to 609 B.C. is seen in the fact that, according to the Babylonian Chronicle for the year 604 B.C., “Nebuchadnezzar marched against Ashkelon, took its king captive, carried off booty, and prisoners, turning the city into ruins and a heap of rubble.”




a. “This is a complete fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy,” Coffman wrote.

G. Other prophets spoke against the Philistines. (Coffman)

1. Amos 1:6-8, This is what the Lord says: “Because Gaza has committed three crimes— make that four!—I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom. So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses. I will remove the ruler from Ashdod, the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon. I will strike Ekron with my hand; the rest of the Philistines will also die.” The sovereign Lord has spoken! (NET)

2. Ezekiel 25:15-17, “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility. So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’” (NET)

3. Isaiah 14:28-31, In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed: Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder. The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors. Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a




cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. (NET)

4. Zephaniah 2:4-7, Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown. Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The Lord has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy everyone who lives there!” The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks. Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the Lord their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity. (NET)

Jeremiah 47:2, “Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain. (NET)

I. “Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. *

A. *NET Footnote: Hebrew – Behold! Waters are rising from the north.

1. “Waters” is a common prophetic image for a multitude of people. (Clarke)

2. Jeremiah 46:8, Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt says, ‘I will




arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’ (NET)

3. Isaiah 28:18, Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it. (NET)

4. Ezekiel 26:19, “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you, (NET)

5. Daniel 11:10, His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s fortress. (NET)

B. Hamilton advised, “After his victory at Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar overran Philistia.”

1. The enemies “gathering in the north” is an evident reference to the approach of the Babylonian army (See Hamilton) as they followed the main trade route from Chaldea, first going in a north-westerly direction and then in a southernly direction.

2. The massive Babylonian armies gathering in the north are here likened to an overflowing river (stream) gushing south to flood, destroy Philistia. (See Smith.)

a. This caused horror, terror throughout Philistia. (The Pulpit Commentary)

C. Both the Assyrians and Babylonians came against Israel and Judah from the North.




1. Jeremiah 1:14, Then the Lord said, “This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land. (NET)

2. Isaiah 14:31, Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. (NET)

II. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants.

A. The Philistines in the path of the flood would experience paralyzing fear and “overwhelming despair.” (See Willis.)

B. A similar metaphor was used by Isaiah to describe the Assyrians.

1. Isaiah 8:7-8, So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. 8 It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.” (NET)

2. Isaiah 30:28, His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one’s neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction. (NET)

III. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.




A. This gathering flood, overwhelming horde, as it moved south would produce terror and panic among the Philistines. (See Hamilton.)

1. Jeremiah 25:34, Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery. (NET)

Jeremiah 47:3, Fathers will hear the hoof beats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear. (NET)

I. Fathers will hear the heartbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels.

A. A second figure used to describe the Babylonian attack is that of rumbling chariots and galloping hooves which would fill the Philistines with fear. (See Smith.)

1. Isaiah 17:12-13, The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves. Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale. (NET)

B. Coffman wrote, “This depicts the terror stricken fathers as so overcome with fear that they could not even try to protect their children.




1. Deuteronomy 28:56-57, Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages. (NET)

2. “Fathers” here evidently stands for “parents” inclusive of both fathers and mothers.

II. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

A. The horror would be so great parents would not even attempt to rescue their children. (See Hamilton.)

1. They would be so paralyzed with fear they could do nothing even to help their own children.

a. Jeremiah 6:24, The people cry out, “We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby! (NET)

b. Isaiah 13:7, For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage. (NET)

c. Ezekiel 7:17, All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine. (NET)

d. Nahum 2:11, Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them? (NET)




Jeremiah 47:4, For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete. (NET)

I. For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines.

A. The Philistines occupied the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the south of the Phoenicians.

B. The Philistines would be subjugated, destroyed.

1. The Philistines continued as a people until the time of the Maccabees after which they ceased to exist as a separate, identifiable people. (See Coffman.)

C. The day of the Lord has come.

1. Haggai 2:21, Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: ‘I am ready to shake the sky and the earth. (NET)

2. Jeremiah 46:10, But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River. (NET)

II. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon.

A. Hamilton observed, Tyre and Sidon, Phoenician coastal cities to the north, apparently had a defense arrangement with the Philistines, but they could do little to help themselves or Philistia. The same was true of Philistia regarding Tyre and Sidon.




1. The Philistines would be so filled with fear and overcome by the powerful Babylonian army they were unable to fulfill their mutual defense obligations to others such as Tyre and Sidon. (See Smith.)

B. Coffman explained, “The mention of Tyre and Sidon here means the way was then open for Babylon to destroy those cities also.”

III. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant which came from the island of Crete.*

A. *NET Footnote: Hebrew – Caphtor (generally viewed as a reference to the island of Crete).

B. “Caphtor” is thought to have been Crete. According to Egyptian records, the Philistines migrated south with other “Sea Peoples” from the northern islands of the eastern Mediterranean shortly after 1200 B.C. (See Willis and Holladay.)

1. Coffman wrote, “The Philistines were a vigorous people who migrated to the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea from the Island of Crete in very early times. Palestine was named for the Philistines.”

2. Clarke added that some associate Caphtor with Cyprus or Cappadocia.

3. The Pulpit Commentary places Caphtor in Northern Egypt.

a. Genesis 10:14, Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites. (NET)

C. Hamilton identified Crete as a stop on the Philistine migration eastward to Canaan.




D. Behind these observable historical events is the unseen orchestration of these events by the Lord who ordained and controlled everything. (See Willis.)

E. Philistia would become only a remnant when compared with its former peak of power.

1. Armies moving north and south through their territory decimated the Philistines.

a. Jeremiah 25:20, the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod; (NET)

Jeremiah 47:5, The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power? (NET)

I. The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb.

A. Ashkelon was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Gaza (See Hamilton.) in what is better known as the Shefelah. (The Pulpit Commentary)

1. Its ruins can still be observed. (The Pulpit Commentary)

B. The Philistines would “express their deep grief by shaving their heads and cutting themselves in utter despondency.” (Willis)

1. Jeremiah 16:6, Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut




their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them. (NET)

2. Jeremiah 41:5, eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. (NET)

3. 1 Kings 18:28, So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. (NET)

C. The people of Ashkelon would be silenced, struck dumb, no longer able to fend for themselves.

II. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, *you who remain of Philistia’s power?**

A. *NET Footnote: Shaving one’s head and gashing one’s body were pagan customs associated with mourning.

1. Isaiah 15:2, They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off. (NET)

2. Jeremiah 16:6, Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them. (NET)




B. **NET Footnote: Some English versions follow the LXX and read: you who remain of the Anakim (giants).

1. Others speak of “The remnant of their valley” or “plain” as their entire country was a plain.

2. Joshua 11:22, No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. (NET)

3. 1 Samuel 17:4, Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. (NET)

4. 2 Samuel 21:16-22, Now Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, had a spear that weighed three hundred bronze shekels, and he was armed with a new weapon. He had said that he would kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying, “You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!” Later there was another battle with the Philistines, this time in Gob. On that occasion Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha. Yet another battle occurred with the Philistines in Gob. On that occasion Elhanan the son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him. These four were the




descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by David and his soldiers. (NET)

5. Deuteronomy 2:20, (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. (NET)

C. How long will you gash yourselves? Shall your lamentation never cease?

1. Jeremiah 16:6, Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them. (NET)

Jeremiah 47:6, How long will you cry out, ‘Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’ (NET)

I. How long will you cry out, ‘Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing?

A. The Philistines cried to the Lord for a cessation of this devastation.

1. Willis identified “the sword of the Lord” in this case as being the invading army from the north.

2. “The sword of the Lord symbolized righteous judgment,” Coffman wrote.

a. Jeremiah 12:10, Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland. (NET)




b. Jeremiah 46:10, But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River. (NET)

II. Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’

A. Jeremiah, Smith observed, was sympathetic with the fate of the Philistines, but was aware that God’s sword of vengeance could not be sheathed until it had done its job of bringing justice to Philistia.

B. The Philistines asked that their afflictions cease, that the sword of the Lord be placed back in its sheath, scabbard or holster.

Jeremiah 47:7, But how can it rest when I, the Lord, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. (NET)

I. But how can it rest when I, the Lord, have given it orders?

A. God had given orders as to what will happen to Philistia and nothing could change these orders. (See Willis.)

B. God replied to the Philistines’ request by saying his sword could not be returned to its sheath until the orders he had given it were completely obeyed.

C. The sword of the Lord could not cease its work of vengeance until all of God’s commands had been obeyed.

II. I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast.




A. God cannot, will not tolerate wickedness!

B. The sword could not stop its work until it had complied with all the Lord’s orders.

C. The “remnant of the seashore” references the Philistines.

1. Ezekiel 25:16, So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. (NET)

Conclusion:

I. The Lord uses one nation to mete out judgment on another in these oracles. (See Willis.)

A. Sin is a dreadful thing that brings horrible consequences to the ones choosing to live sinfully.

B. Fear, death, loss of freedom, sorrow, grief and bereavement, destruction of family and property, all came on the Philistines because they had sinned against the Lord.

II. The Egyptians had often proved to be false friends while the Philistines had always been sworn enemies to Israel. (Matthew Henry)




Questions

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(Questions based on NIV text) 1. Jeremiah 47:1 – 49:39 contains oracles against what seven smaller nations? ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. Jeremiah 47 deals with the ________________ against the _____________ and the ____________ _____________ of _____________ and _______________; that is, the ______________ of ______________. 3. Only _____________ ______________ of Jeremiah 47 is written as _____________. The other ________________ are ______________. 4. When did the Lord communicate this oracle to Jeremiah? __________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 5. How did Palestine get its name? _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________




__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 6. The five major cities of the Philistines were _____________, ___________, ______________, _____________ and ______________. 7. Give as much information as you can about Gaza. ________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 8. These _____________ about the ______________were written well in _____________of the actual _____________ of the ______________ and, in fact, at a time when ___________, not ___________, was the ______________ most _____________ _____________. (Coffman) 9. In addition to Jeremiah, what other prophets spoke against the Philistines? What did these prophets say about the Philistines? _______ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 10. What enemies were gathering in the north? To what are these enemies likened in verse 2? ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________




11. What effect did the southerly march of the Babylonians have on the people in their path? _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

12. What was the second figure used to describe the southerly march of the Babylonians? What effect did this have on the people, parents and their children? ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 13. Did the Babylonians destroy all the Philistines? If not, explain verse 4. ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 14. Identify the “Day of the Lord” as used here and elsewhere in the Scriptures. _________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 15. What was the relationship between Philistia and Tyre and Sidon? __




__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 16. What was the origin of the Philistines? ________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 17. Give as much information as you can about Ashkelon. ___________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 18. What caused the people of Ashkelon to mourn? How did they express their grief? __________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 19. Define “struck dumb” as used in verse 5. When did this occur? ____ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________




20. Who were the Anakim? What happened to them? ______________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 21. The ____________ cried to the _____________ for a ____________ of this ___________. 22. Identify “the sword of the Lord?” ____________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 23. The ____________ asked that their ___________ _____________, that the _____________ of the _______________ be _______________ _____________ in its ______________, ______________ or _____________. 24. ____________’s _____________ of ____________ could ___________ be ____________ until it had _______________ its ____________ of _______________ ______________ to ___________. 25. ______________ had given _____________ as to what will ___________ to ____________ and ____________ could ___________ these ______________. 26. ____________ _____________ to the ___________’ ____________ by saying his ___________ could _____________ be ______________ to its ____________ until the _____________ he had _______________




it had been _________________ ______________. _______________ had _______________ his _______________ to _______________ the ________________ of _____________ and the ________________. 27. The ______________ uses _____________- ______________ to _____________ out _____________ on _____________ in these _____________. (Willis) 28. ___________is a _____________ thing that brings ____________ ______________ to the ones _______________ to _____________ ______________. 29. ___________, _____________, ____________ of _____________, _____________, ______________ and ____________, _____________ of _______________ and _____________ all came on the _____________ because they had _________________ ____________ the _______________. 30. The ______________ had often proved to be _____________ ________________while the _________________ had _____________ been ___________ ____________ to _________________. (Matthew Henry)


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