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

⁹ The people of Israel did^[a] 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;^(A)

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.^(A)

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.

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.^(A)