But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil.
2 Kings 18:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. Common English Bible He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from watchtower to fortified city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. English Standard Version 2016 He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. |
But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil.
And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
So then, those whose names have been written above, went forth in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah. And they struck down the inhabitants who had been found there with their dwellings. And they wiped them out, even to the present day. And they lived in place of them, because they found very fat pastures there.
Then he also constructed towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, because he had much cattle, both in the plains and in the starkness of the wilderness. Also, he had vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains and at Carmel. Certainly, he was a man devoted to agriculture.
Also, the Philistines spread out among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Judah. And they seized Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and also Soco, and Timnah, and Gimzo, with their villages, and they lived in them.
You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
And he fenced it in, and he picked the stones out of it, and he planted it with the best vines, and he built a tower in the middle of it, and he set up a winepress within it. And he expected it to produce grapes, but it produced wild vines.
Likewise the Hevites, who were living in small villages as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians, who went forth from Cappadocia, and they wiped them out and lived in their place.
Ashdod, with its towns and villages. Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the torrent of Egypt, with the great sea as its border.