# They took Beth Shemesh

Taking a city is an idiom that means to conquer or to capture the city. Alternate translation: "The Philistines captured Beth Shemesh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soko ... Timnah ... Gimzo

These are the names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])