Verse 18

The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the foothills and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 16:57 : 57 before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines– those all around you who despise you.
• Ezek 16:27 : 27 So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your obscene conduct.
• Josh 15:10 : 10 It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north(that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
• Josh 15:41 : 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah– a total of sixteen cities and their towns.
• Josh 15:48 : 48 These cities were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
• Judg 14:1 : 1 Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
• 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
• 2 Chr 11:10 : 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.