Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Parallel translations
- WEB Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- KJV Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- NKJV Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- NASB Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- NLT Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
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Quick answer
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah are named in the lowland. Notable battle sites appear here.
Overview
Adullam's cave would shelter David and his men (1 Samuel 22:1), and Socoh and Azekah bordered the valley where David faced Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1). Jarmuth's king had been among the southern coalition Joshua defeated (Joshua 10). These towns figure prominently in Judah's later history of deliverance.
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Cross-references · 11
- 1 Sam 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- 1 Sam 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- Josh 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Neh 11:29in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
- Josh 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Josh 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Josh 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Mic 1:15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- Josh 10:23So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- 1 Chr 4:18These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
- Josh 15:48These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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