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The Philistines were a people who lived on Southern coast of [[Canaan]] around the time of the [[Israel]]ites. They were one of Israel's greates enemies and the Bible recounts many of the Iraelite's struggles with the Philistines. Goliath, who [[David]] killed was a famous Philistine warrior.
The Philistines were a people who lived on Southern coast of [[Canaan]] around the time of the [[Israel]]ites. They were one of Israel's greates enemies and the Bible recounts many of the Iraelite's struggles with the Philistines. Goliath, who [[David]] killed was a famous Philistine warrior.
The word "philistine" has come to mean "uncultured, commonplace and prosaic" in Modern English.<ref>"The Concise Oxford English Dictionary", 6th Ed.</ref>