39
Lachish,לָכִישׁBozkath,וּבָצְקַתEglon,וְעֶגְלוֹן
Joshua 15:39
Study it in the app“Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:39, word by word
- Lachishלָכִישׁlachish
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appears- Bozkathבָצְקַתvatskat
Bozkath
Bozkath: a town of Judah in the Shephelah.
Where else “vatskat” appears- Eglonעֶגְלוֹןeglon
Eglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglon” 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).