The Philistines occupying lands to the south of Judah were a Hamite race (Genesis 10:14), but of a different branch from the Canaanites…

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious
rebukes
By way of retaliati…

Though one event may seem to befall both the righteous and the wicked, it is vastly different for them.

Those who glory in any other defense…