Adoraim,Lachish,Azekah,
Zorah,Aijalonand Hebron,whichare fortifiedcitiesin Judahand in Benjamin.
Gath,Mareshah,Ziph,
From the timethat Amaziahturnedawayfrom followingthe LORDthey conspiredagainsthim in Jerusalem,and he fledto Lachish;but they sentafterhim to Lachishand killedhim there.
AfterthisSennacheribkingof Assyriasenthis servantsto Jerusalemwhile he [was] besiegingLachishwith allhis forceswith him, againstHezekiahkingof Judahand againstallJudahwho[were] at Jerusalem,saying,
when the armyof the kingof Babylonwas fightingagainstJerusalemand againstallthe remainingcitiesof Judah,[that is], Lachishand Azekah,for they [alone] remainedas fortifiedcitiesamong the citiesof Judah.
As they fledfrom beforeIsrael,[while] they were at the descentof Beth-horon,the LORDthrewlargestonesfrom heavenon them as faras Azekah,and they died;[there were] morewhodiedfrom the hailstonesthanthose whomthe sonsof Israelkilledwith the sword.
And Joshuaand allIsraelwith him passedon from Libnahto Lachish,and they campedby it and foughtagainst it.
So the fivekingsof the Amorites,the kingof Jerusalem,the kingof Hebron,the kingof Jarmuth,the kingof Lachish,[and] the kingof Eglon,gatheredtogether and wentup, they with alltheir armies,and campedby Gibeonand foughtagainstit.
Jarmuthand Adullam,Socohand Azekah,
Lachishand Bozkathand Eglon,
