6. Uzziah went to war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of the cities of Gath, Jamnia, and Ashdod, and built fortified cities near Ashdod and in the rest of Philistia.
7. God helped him to defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living at Gurbaal, and the Meunites.
8. The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and he became so powerful that his fame spread even to Egypt.