Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Parallel translations
- WEB Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- KJV And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
- BSB Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- NKJV Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- NASB Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
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Quick answer
The list adds Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah to the fortified cities. Judah's strongholds multiply.
Overview
Lachish was an especially important fortress city that would later figure in Judah's wars (2 Kings 18:14). These strategic strongpoints reflect careful military planning. Through such defenses God gave Judah a measure of security during this period.
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Cross-references · 5
- Josh 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- 2 Chr 32:9After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
- Josh 10:5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Josh 10:11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Josh 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
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