2 Kings 18:8

8 And he drove back the Philistines, whether in sentry outposts or fortress cities, all the way to Gaza and its borders.

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 fast to God - never loosened his grip - and obeyed to the letter everything God had commanded Moses.
7 And God, for his part, held fast to him through all his adventures.
8 And he drove back the Philistines, whether in sentry outposts or fortress cities, all the way to Gaza and its borders.
9 In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it
10 and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria.
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