^18 (A)And the Philistines had made raids on ^(B)the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco ^(C)with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there.

⁴ “What are you to me, ^(A)O Tyre and Sidon, and all ^(B)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, ^(C)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. ⁵ For ^(D)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.^{[a] 6} You have sold ^(E)the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border.