2 Kings 18:8
Good News Translation
He defeated the Philistines and raided their settlements, from the smallest village to the largest city, including Gaza and its surrounding territory.

New Revised Standard Version
He attacked the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah defeated the Philistine towns as far away as Gaza--from the smallest towns to the large, walled cities.

New American Bible
It was he who struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all its territory from guard post to garrisoned town.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

the Philistines

1 Chronicles 4:41 And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat pastures.

2 Chronicles 28:18 The Philistines also spread themselves among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Juda: and they took Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gaderoth, and Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with their villages, and they dwelt in them.

Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.

Gaza [heb] Azzah

2 Kings 17:9 And the children of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.

Isaiah 5:2 And he fenced it in, and picked the stones out of it, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in the midst thereof, and set up a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Context
Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah
7Wherefore the Lord also was with him, and in all things, to which he went forth, he behaved himself wisely. And he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and served him not. 8He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.9In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was the seventh year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians, came up to Samaria, and besieged it,…
Cross References
2 Kings 17:9
And the children of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines also spread themselves among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Juda: and they took Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gaderoth, and Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with their villages, and they dwelt in them.

Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.

2 Kings 18:7
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