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Lachish
Town or city mentioned in 22 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (10), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (3), Isaiah (2), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 10:3 first mention — Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:31 — And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:33 — Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- Joshua 15:39 — Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- 2 Kings 14:19 — Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
- 2 Kings 18:14 — And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- 2 Kings 19:8 — So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- 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.
- Isaiah 37:8 — So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- 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.
- Micah 1:13 — O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Nearby places
- Mareshah 6 km
- Ether 6 km
- Bozkath 7 km
- Libnah 8 km
- Moresheth-gath 10 km
- Eglon 11 km
- Makkedah 12 km
- Achzib 13 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.