2 Chronicles 28:18

18 At the same time the Philistines had attacked towns in the western hills and in the Negev Desert of Judah. They had captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth. They had also captured Soco, Timnah and Gimzo and the villages that were around them. They had settled down in all of them.

2 Chronicles 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:18

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low
country
Which lay nearest to them, as Sharon, Lydda, Joppa, &c. in revenge of what Uzziah had done to them, ( 2 Chronicles 26:6 2 Chronicles 26:7 ) , and of the south of Judah; they penetrated as far as that, from the west to the south of the land:

and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho, with
the villages thereof and Timnah with the villages thereof;
of which see ( Joshua 15:10 Joshua 15:35 Joshua 15:41 Joshua 15:57 ) ( 19:42 )

and Gimzo also, and the villages thereof;
which though nowhere else mentioned in Scripture, yet we frequently read in Jewish writings ^F12 of Nahum, a man of Ganizu, which perhaps is the same place with this:

and they dwelt there;
kept them in their hands, and inhabited them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 21. 1. Sanhedrin, fol. 108. 2

2 Chronicles 28:18 In-Context

16 At that time King Ahaz sent men to the king of Assyria to get help.

17 The men of Edom had come again and attacked Judah. They had carried prisoners away.

18 At the same time the Philistines had attacked towns in the western hills and in the Negev Desert of Judah. They had captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth. They had also captured Soco, Timnah and Gimzo and the villages that were around them. They had settled down in all of them.

19 The LORD had brought Judah down because of Ahaz, their king. Ahaz had stirred up the people of Judah to do evil things. He hadn't been faithful to the LORD at all.

20 Tiglath-Pileser came to Ahaz. But he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria.