'Vicinity' in the Bible

They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.