• Study Number 1—A Visit to the Promised Land
    “All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial”

    • B-4 PLAIN OF PHILISTIA

      8. Where is the Plain of Philistia, and what are its features?

      8 This section of land lies south of the pasture grounds of Sharon, extending some 50 miles [80 km] along the coast and about 15 miles [24 km] inland. (1 Ki. 4:21) The sand dunes along the shoreline penetrate sometimes as much as three and a half miles [6 km]. This is a rolling plain, which rises steppelike from 100 feet [30 m] to as much as 650 feet [200 m] behind Gaza in the south. The soil is rich; but rain is not very plentiful, and there is always the danger of drought.