Joshua then led his army to Lachish, and they set up camp around the town. They attacked,
Meanwhile, the commander of the Assyrian forces heard that his king had left the town of Lachish and was now attacking Libnah. So he went there.
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Meanwhile the commander of the Assyrian forces heard that his king had left the town of Lachish and was now attacking Libnah. So he went there.
Get the war chariots ready, you people of Lachish. You led Jerusalem into sin, just as Israel did.
So Adonizedek sent messages to the kings of four other towns: King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon. The messages said,
The LORD let them capture the town and its king, and they killed the king and everyone else, just as they had done at Jericho.
and the next day the LORD let them capture the town. They killed everyone, as they had done at Libnah.
When these five Amorite kings called their armies together and attacked Gibeon,