{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_ane_phc_phc09_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_ane_phc_phc09_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_ane_phc_phc09_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/phc/phc09.htm","summary":"From the time when the Philistines first appear in their Palestinian territory they are governed by Lords, \u1e63er\u0101n\u012bm, each of whom has domination in one of the five chief cities, but who act in council together for the common good of the nation. They seem, indeed, to engage personally in duties which an Oriental monarch would certainly delegate to a messenger. They negotiate with Delilah.","tags":["Ancient Near East Archaeology","Biblical Peoples","Philistine History","Sea Peoples"],"text":null,"title":"The Philistines: Chapter IV. The Culture of the Philistines: II. Their Organization","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East","translated_text":null,"word_count":1244}