Hebrew word · H5825

עֲזֵקָה

'azekah

Azekah

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Azekah = "dug over"

a town in the lowlands of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Joshua · 3
  1. Joshua 10:10 עֲזֵקָ֖ה Azekah

    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.

    Here: A fortified town in the low hills of Judah (the Shephelah), above the Elah Valley. It lies far to the south-west of Gibeon, so the pursuit ran a long way.

  2. Joshua 10:11 עֲזֵקָ֖ה Azekah

    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.

    Here: A fortified town in the Shephelah (the low hills between the central highlands and the coastal plain), above the Elah valley. It is a long way south-west of Gibeon, so the pursuit was long.

  3. Joshua 15:35 וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃ and Azekah

    Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

1 Samuel · 1
  1. 1 Samuel 17:1 עֲזֵקָ֖ה Azekah

    Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

2 Chronicles · 1
  1. 2 Chronicles 11:9 עֲזֵקָֽה׃ Azekah

    Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Nehemiah · 1
  1. Nehemiah 11:30 עֲזֵקָ֖ה 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.

Jeremiah · 1
  1. Jeremiah 34:7 עֲזֵקָ֔ה Azekah

    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.

    Here: A hilltop fort (Tel Azekah/Tell Zakariya) guarding the Elah Valley, about 18 km north-northeast of Lachish. It is the valley of the David and Goliath story (1 Sam 17:1).

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