The Philistines; next neighbours to the Jews, between whom many quarrels, wars, and mutual spoil, slaughter, and injuries happened, as ever among borderers, who make all their own they can catch. Have dealt by revenge; took the opportunity to revenge themselves when the Jews were weak and low. With a despiteful heart; with hatred to them, and contempt of them. To destroy it for the old hatred: this tells us what their hatred appeared in, it was a hatred to the name and being of Israel, they would cut them off, as Psalms 83:7, with a perpetuated, endless enmity pursuing them.
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Ezekiel 25:15
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;