Bible Study on “Azekah”

Meaning of “Azekah”

  1. Azekah — dug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Josh. 15:35), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and their army destroyed by a hailstrom (10:10, 11). It was one of the places re-occupied by the Jews on their return from the Captivity (Neh. 11:30).

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Bible Search for “Azekah”

  1. Joshua Chapter 10 Verse 11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, 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.

  2. Joshua Chapter 10 Verse 10 — 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 Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

  3. Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 35 — Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  4. 1 Samuel Chapter 17 Verse 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 Ephesdammim.

  5. 2 Chronicles Chapter 11 Verse 9 — And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

  6. Nehemiah Chapter 11 Verse 30 — Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

  7. Jeremiah Chapter 34 Verse 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.

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