Joshua 15:39
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish,
41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- KJV
- Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- WEB
- Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- ASV
- Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- DARBY
- Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- BLB
- Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- ÅB
- Lakis og Boskat og Eglon
- OTB
- Lakish, og Boskat, og bosetningen Eglon,
- B1930
- Lakis og Boskat og Eglon
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 10:3
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Read in contextJoshua 10:31–32
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
Read in context2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
Read in context2 Kings 19:8
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
Read in context2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Read in context2 Kings 18:14
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Read in contextJoshua 12:11–12
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
Read in context2 Kings 14:19
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
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