개요
블레셋(Philistines) 인은
함 의 후손이다
이들은
Caphtor 에서 온 것으로 기록되어있는데, 갑돌이 어디인지는 정확하지 않다.
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines , to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor .
Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel ?” says Yahweh. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt , and the Philistines from Caphtor , and the Syrians from Kir ?
이들의 이름의 기원이 '이주자', '외국인'이고, 이들이 주로 섬기는 신이 바다의 신인
Dagon 이라는 점에서 이들의 기원이
바다 민족 이라는 학설이 있다. <ref>[https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/바다민족 바다민족(위키백과)]</ref>
1 2 The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
3 When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
4 When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 But Yahweh’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod , and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.
7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
이들의 거주지역 역시 지중해 바닷가 연안인 점도 이들의 기원에 대한 학설에 힘을 실어주고 있다.
가나안 땅 에서 살아가던 민족으로 이스라엘 민족과는 끊임없는 경쟁을 하며 살아갔다.
현대어로는 팔레스타인으로 현재도 세계 평화를 위협하는 가장 큰 갈등의 근원이 되고 있다.
이들은 다음 5개의 강력한 도시를 기반으로 세력을 형성하고 있었다.
Gaza (현재의 가자지구),
Ashkelon ,
Ashdod ,
Ekron ,
Gath
일찍부터 철기문명을 발전시켜서 이스라엘 민족을 공격했으나,
David 왕 시대에 처음으로 점령하고 공물을 받는 위치까지 역전되었었다.
After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
They said to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel ,
나중에
Assyria 의
Sargon 왕에 의하여 정복되었다.
In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod , when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
각주
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