lachish · Lachish

What it means

lachish (לָכִישׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Lachish”.

A fortified city of the Shephelah, southwest of Jerusalem.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• 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).

  Joshua 10:32 Kings 18:14Jeremiah 34:7

Where it appears

• Joshua×10
• 2 Kings×5
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Nehemiah×1
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Micah×1

• Joshua 10:3

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

• Joshua 10:5

  So they gathered and went up, the five kings of the Amorite, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps, and camped against Gibeon and fought against it.

• Joshua 10:23

  They did so and brought out to him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

• Joshua 10:31

  Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and camped against it and fought against it.

• Joshua 10:32

  And YHWH gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he took it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

• Joshua 10:33

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he had left him no survivor.

• Joshua 10:34

  Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.

• Joshua 10:35

  They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it he devoted to destruction on that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Joshua 12:11

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

• Joshua 15:39

  Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

• 2 Kings 14:19

  They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

• 2 Kings 18:14

  Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned; withdraw from me; whatever you put on me I will bear.” The king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

• 2 Kings 18:17

  The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large force to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem; they went up and came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the Launderer’s Field.

• 2 Kings 19:8

  The Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

• 2 Chronicles 11:9

  Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

• 2 Chronicles 25:27

  From the time that Amaziah turned away from following YHWH, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

• 2 Chronicles 32:9

  After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem —he was against Lachish, and all his dominion with him— to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all Judah that was in Jerusalem, saying,

• Nehemiah 11:30

  Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its settlements. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.

• Isaiah 36:2

  The king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah with a large force; and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the Launderer’s Field.

• Isaiah 37:8

  The Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

• Jeremiah 34:7

  while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were left among the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

• Micah 1:13

  Harness the chariot to the steed, inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.

And 2 more times.