Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ @Faithslayer202
Fact-checked by #Britannica ➡️ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people
Also, from the same article, "The Canaanite Phoenicians on the Syrian coast re-established their trading communities after the #Philistine and Aramaean invasions."
So, #Philistines were #Aegean, while #Canaanite were #Phoenicians.
Regardless of genealogy, they were not natives, but invaders.
#FirstTemple destroyed by #Babylonians was a human artifact, not a religious reference.
Philistine | Definition, People, Homeland, & Facts | Britannica
Philistine, one of a people of Aegean origin who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BCE, about the time of the arrival of the Israelites. According to biblical tradition, the Philistines came from Caphtor (possibly Crete, although there is no archaeological evidence supporting this claim).