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Lachish

«Wherefore Adonizedec 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, / Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Debir, Eglon, Gibeon, Hebron, Japhia, Joshua, Lachish
«Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.»
«And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: / And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Eglon, encamped, Lachish
«Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Lachish
«Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, / 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.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Azekah, Lachish
«And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: / And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: encamped, Lachish
«Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? / Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Amaziah, conspiracy, Lachish, turn away
«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.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Lachish, offended, three hundred
«And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh 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.»
«So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.»