2 Kings 18:8

He struck the Philistines even to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

In Context

7And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.

9And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel,) that Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:23And the Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and lived in their room.

1 Kings 5:4And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against me, and there is no + 5:4 Alex. ἀπαντήμα. See συναντήματα, Ex. 9:14. evil trespass against me.

1 Chronicles 4:41And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they struck the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their cattle.

2 Chronicles 28:18Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Juda, and taken Baethsamys, and the things in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes: and they gave to the king Aelon, and Galero, and Socho and her villages, and Thamna and her villages, and Gamzo and her villages: and they lived there.

Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, all you⌃ Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:2-9

Hezekiah's Good Reign. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the… Read the whole commentary →

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