Lachish
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to
Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood
by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the
fuller's field....
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(An important city)
-King of, besieges Gibeon
Jos 10:5
-Captured by Joshua
Jos 10:31,32
-Allotted to Judah
Jos 15:39
-Fortified by Rehoboam
2Ch 11:9
-Assassination of Amaziah at
2Ki 14:19
-Besieged by Sennacherib
2Ki 18:13-17; 19:8; 2Ch 32:9
-By Nebuchadnezzar
Jer 34:7
-Prophecy concerning
Mic 1:13...
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(invincible), a city lying south of Jerusalem, on the borders
of Simeon, and belonging to the Amorites, the king of which
joined with four others, at the invitation of Adonizedek king
of Jerusalem, to chastise the Gibeonites for their league with
Israel. Jos 10:3,5 They were routed by Joshua at Beth-horon,
and the king of Lachish fell a victim...
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impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or
maritime plain of Israel (Josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11).
It was taken
and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33). It
afterwards
became, under Rehoboam, one of the strongest
fortresses of Judah
(2 Chr. 10:9). It was assaulted and probably taken
by
Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:14, 17; 19:8;...
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A royal Canaanite city which joined the confederacy against
Gibeon for submitting to Israel, and was taken by Joshua
(Joshua 12:11; Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 10:31-32)
"on the second day," which shows its strength; the other
cities were taken in one day (Joshua 10:35). Assigned to
Judah, in the shephelah or "low hilly country" (Joshua
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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....
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After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants
to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish,
and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and
unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,...
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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....
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And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him
out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, [and] the king of
Eglon....
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