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Azekah
Town or city mentioned in 7 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 10:10 first mention — And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
- Joshua 15:35 — Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- 1 Samuel 17:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- 2 Chronicles 11:9 — And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
- Nehemiah 11:30 — Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
- Jeremiah 34:7 — When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Nearby places
- Jarmuth 4 km
- Socoh 4 km
- Shephelah 6 km
- Gederoth 6 km
- Gederah 6 km
- Valley of Elah 7 km
- Zanoah 7 km
- Achzib 7 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.