He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Kings 18:8 in context
2 Kings 18:5–11
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He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
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For he joined with the LORD. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
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The LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
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He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
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In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
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At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
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