לָכִישׁ

Joshua 10:3 לָכִ֛ישׁ Lachish

Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

Here: A major fortified city of the Shephelah (Tell ed-Duweir) and probably the strongest town in the coalition after Jerusalem. Its rulers appear in the Amarna letters.

Joshua 10:5 לָכִ֣ישׁ Lachish

So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

Joshua 10:23 לָכִ֖ישׁ Lachish

So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

Joshua 10:31 לָכִ֑ישָׁה Lachish towards

And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

Joshua 10:32 לָכִ֜ישׁ Lachish

And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.

Here: One of the largest, most heavily fortified cities of the southern lowlands (the Shephelah). Its king Japhia was one of the five allied kings (10:3) and had already been executed at Makkedah (10:23–26). The city is treated as feminine ('her') in the following verbs, as Hebrew normally treats cities.

Joshua 10:33 לָכִ֑ישׁ Lachish

At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Here: The powerful city in the lowland foothills that Joshua had just besieged and taken on the second day (10:32). The help arrives too late, or fails.

Joshua 10:34 מִלָּכִ֖ישׁ from Lachish

So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

Joshua 10:35 לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פ to Lachish

That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.

Here: "To Lachish." Lachish was the major fortified city of the Shephelah, the low hills between the coast and the Judean highlands. It was taken just before Eglon (vv.31–32) and is the model Eglon is compared to.

Joshua 12:11 לָכִ֖ישׁ Lachish

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Joshua 15:39 לָכִ֥ישׁ Lachish

Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

2 Kings 14:19 לָכִ֑ישָׁה לָכִ֔ישָׁה Lachish towards

And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

2 Kings 18:14 לָכִ֨ישָׁה׀ Lachish towards

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 18:17 לָכִ֜ישׁ Lachish

Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

Here: Judah's second city, about 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Jerusalem. Sennacherib was besieging it or had just taken it (v. 14). Mentioning it reminds the reader of what had already happened to Judah's strongest fortress.

2 Kings 19:8 מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃ from Lachish

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

2 Chronicles 11:9 לָכִ֖ישׁ Lachish

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

2 Chronicles 25:27 לָכִ֑ישָׁה לָכִ֔ישָׁה Lachish towards

From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

2 Chronicles 32:9 לָכִ֔ישׁ Lachish

Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

Nehemiah 11:30 לָכִישׁ֙ Lachish

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.

Isaiah 36:2 מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ from Lachish

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

Here: "From Lachish," Judah's second most important fortified city, about 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Jerusalem. Sennacherib was besieging it or had just taken it, and he ran the campaign from there.

Isaiah 37:8 מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃ from Lachish

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

Jeremiah 34:7 לָכִישׁ֙ Lachish

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.

Micah 1:13 לָכִ֑ישׁ Lachish

Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

Here: Judah's chief fortress city in the western foothills (the Shephelah), second in importance only to Jerusalem. It guarded the main road up to the capital.