But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you. Verse ConceptsKept Alive By God

He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. For he clung to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses. And the LORD was with him; wherever he went he prospered And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. read more.
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.