Azekah
Azekah, a Judean town, was the site of several battles and sieges.
The name Azekah means “strength of walls”
PlaceOld Testament5 books7 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 10:10; only referred to as Azekah (עֲזֵקָה).
Location
- Identified as
- Tel Azekah
- Certainty
- Likely (77% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.700° N, 34.936° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֲזֵקָהAzekah
Mentions
- And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
- …as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.