The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-she'mesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
Gederoth - on the Philistine frontier (Joshua 15:41).
Shocho - or Socah (Joshua 15:35), now Shuweikeh, a town in the valley of Judah (see the note at 1 Samuel 17:1).
Gimzo - now Jimzu, a little east of Ludd (Lydda) (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 3:, p. 56). All these disasters, by which the "Lord brought Judah low," was because of Ahaz, king of Israel (Judah) (see 2 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 24:16; 2 Chronicles 28:27), who "made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord."