Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities which are in Judah and in Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 11:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, American Standard Version (1901) and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, Common English Bible Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Catholic Public Domain Version then too Adoram, and Lachish, and Azekah, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Aduram, and Lachis, and Azecha; |
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities which are in Judah and in Benjamin.
From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
After this Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,
when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah; for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.
And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down great stones from heaven upon them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died because of the hailstones than the men of Israel killed with the sword.
And Joshua passed on from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and laid siege to it, and assaulted it:
Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered their forces, and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.