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Adoraim,וְ אֲדוֹרַיִםLachish,וְ לָכִישׁAzekah,וְ עֲזֵקָה
2 Chronicles 11:9
Study it in the app“Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 11:9, word by word
- Adoraimאֲדוֹרַיִםadorayim
Adoraim
Adoraim: a town of Judah that Rehoboam fortified.
Where else “adorayim” appears- Lachishלָכִישׁlachish
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appears- Azekahעֲזֵקָהazeka
Azekah
Azekah: a city of the Shephelah. The name comes from "dug ground."
Where else “azeka” appears
Places in this verse
Lachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
The context
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 · This verse (above)
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.