2 Kings 18:8

8 He attacked [the] Philistines up to Gaza and its territory from the watchtower up to the fortified city.

2 Kings 18:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:8

He smote the Philistines even unto Gaza, and the borders
thereof
Who in his father's time had invaded Judah, and taken many cities and towns in it, which Hezekiah now recovered, and drove them to their own territories, of which Gaza was one; see ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 )

from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city;
that is, places both great and small, cities, towns, and villages; of this phrase, see ( 2 Kings 17:9 ) .

2 Kings 18:8 In-Context

6 He held on to Yahweh; he did not depart from following him, and he kept his commands that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

7 Yahweh was with him; everywhere he went, he succeeded. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

8 He attacked [the] Philistines up to Gaza and its territory from the watchtower up to the fortified city.

9 It happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that [is,] the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against Samaria and laid siege against her.

10 At the end of three years, he captured it in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is,] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel; Samaria was captured.