• Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judges 3:3 ). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Samuel 21:10 ), under a kingly government. (See Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:18 .) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.

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    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Lord'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/l/lord.html. 1897.