Azekah
Where Azekah sits on the map, and the 7 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Tel Azekah
- Coordinates
- 31.7002, 34.9357
- Mentions
- 7 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
7 verses, in biblical order.
Joshua
- Joshua 10:10
And the Lord set them in disarray before the face of Israel. And he crushed them in a great defeat at Gibeon, and he pursued them along the way of the ascent to Beth-horon, and he struck them down, even as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11
And while they were fleeing from the sons of Israel, and were on the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast great stones from heaven upon them, as far as Azekah. And many more were killed by the hailstones, than were struck down by the swords of the sons of Israel.
- Joshua 15:35
and Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines, gathering their troops for battle, assembled at Socoh of Judah. And they made camp between Socoh and Azekah, within the borders of Dammim.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 11:9
then too Adoram, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 11:30
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish and its regions, and at Azekah and in its daughter villages. And they dwelt from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 34:7
And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, against Lachish and against Azekah. For only these remained out of the cities of Judah that were fortified cities.