Edomite and Philistine invasions — 'For the Edomites had again invaded and taken captive some of Judah, and the Philistines had spread out in the cities of the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they settled there' (כי אדום באו וַיִּשְׁמְדוּ בִיהוּדָה). The enumeration of captured Philistine territories (Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, Timnah, Gimzo) documents Judah's territorial loss. The phrase 'they settled there' indicates permanent Philistine presence.

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