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2 Kings

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

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He defeated to smite Verb H5221 הִכָּ֧ה hik·kah
the Philistines inhab. of Philistia Adjective H6430 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים pe·lish·tim
as far as far as, even to, up to, until, while Prepostion H5704 עַד־ ad-
as Gaza a Philistine city Noun H5804 עַזָּ֖ה az·zah
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and its territory, border, boundary, territory Noun H1366 גְּבוּלֶ֑יהָ ge·vu·lei·ha;
from watchtower a tower Noun H4026 מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל mim·mig·dal
to fortified fortification Noun H4013 מִבְצָֽר׃ miv·tzar.
city. city, town Noun H5892 עִ֥יר ir

Locations

Gaza

GAZAga'-za (`azzah, "strong"; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh):One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the oldest, situated near the coast in lat. 31 degrees 30' and about 40 miles South of Jaffa. It is on a hill rising 60 to 200 ft. above the plain, with sand dunes between it and the sea, which is about 2 1/2 miles distant. The plain around is... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
King James Bible He defeated smote the Philistines as far as Gaza Philistines, even unto Gaza, and its territory, the borders thereof, from watchtower the tower of the watchmen to fortified the fenced city.
Hebrew Greek English He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.