^3 (A)from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the ^(B)five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also ^(C)the Avites;

² Now ^(A)Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of ^(B)Baal-Zebub,^[a] the god of ^(C)Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”

⁶ Now he went out and ^(A)made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines.