King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 18:8
“He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 18
For he clave to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
And the LORD was with him; [and] he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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