2 Kings 18:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ He attacked the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He smote the Philistines, even to Gaza [the most distant city] and its borders, from the [isolated] watchtower to the [populous] fortified city.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

Common English Bible

⁸ He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from watchtower to fortified city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kings 18:8 Cross References

1 Kings 5:4

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

2 Kings 17:9

The people of Israel did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;

1 Chronicles 4:41

These, registered by name, came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked their tents and the Meunim who were found there and exterminated them to this day and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

2 Chronicles 26:10

He built towers in the wilderness and dug out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

2 Chronicles 28:18

And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the snake will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Isaiah 5:2

He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.

Deuteronomy 2:23

As for the Avvim, who had lived in settlements in the vicinity of Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.)

Joshua 15:47

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Wadi of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast.