Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Philistines
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Bible References
Philistines
Judges 13:1
And again, the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of [the] Philistines forty years.
Judges 14:4
His father and mother did not know that this [was] from Yahweh; he was seeking for an occasion against [the] Philistines. Now at that time [the] Philistines [were] ruling in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:13
And Yahweh shall make you as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top [of the nations], and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I [am] commanding you {today} {and diligently observe them}.
Psalm 106:41
Then he gave them into [the] hand of [the] nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
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Deuteronomy 28:43
The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.