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|The early inhabitants of Palestine ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/12/6,12,14#6 2 Nephi 12:6, 12, 14])
|An ancient Near Eastern people ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/12.6?lang=eng#5 2 Nephi 12:6]; [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/19.12?lang=eng#11 19:12]; [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/21.14?lang=eng#13 21:14])
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For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
'''PHILISTINES''' is the name of an ancient Near Eastern people once occupying territory along the eastern Mediterranean coast given in the [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a GN or PN in its own right in the Book of Mormon.


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Revision as of 22:47, 19 January 2012

Biblical gentilic 1. An ancient Near Eastern people (2 Nephi 12:6; 19:12; 21:14)

PHILISTINES is the name of an ancient Near Eastern people once occupying territory along the eastern Mediterranean coast given in the ISAIAH section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a GN or PN in its own right in the Book of Mormon.