A city in the southwest part of Judah, Jos 10:3,5,31 ; fortified by Rehoboam, 2Ch 11:9, and strong enough to resist for a time the whole army of Sennacherib, 2Ki 18:17 19:8 2Ch 32:1,9,21 Mic 1:13 . It was here that king Amaziah was slain, 2Ki 14:19 . For a wonderful confirmation of the truth of Scripture, see SENNACHERIB.<\/p>\n
(Heb. Lakish’, , prob. impregnable, otherwise smitten; Sept. in Joshua and Kings ; in Chronicles, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah v. r. ; in Isaiah v. r. or ; in Mic. ; Josephus , Ant. 8:10, 1; also , Ant. 9:9, 3), a Caananitish royal city (Jos 12:11) in the southern part of Palestine, whose king Japhia joined the Amoritish confederacy against Joshua (Jos 10:3; Jos 10:5); but he was taken (Jos 15:25), and his city destroyed by the victorious Israelites, in spite of the re-enforcement of the king of Gezer (Jos 15:31-35, where its great strength is denoted by the two days’ assault). SEE JOSHUA. <\/p>\n
From these last passages it appears to have been situated between Libnah and Eglon; but it is mentioned between Joktheel and Bozkath, among the cities of the Philistine valley or plain of Judah (Jos 15:39). It is mentioned in connection with Adoraim and Azekah as having been rebuilt, or rather fortified, by Rehoboam against the Philistines (2Ch 11:9), and seems after that time to have been regarded as one of the strongest fortresses of the kingdom of Judah (for hither Amaziah was pursued and slain, 2Ki 14:19; 2Ch 25:27), having for a time braved the assaults of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib on his way to Egypt (2Ki 18:14; 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8; 2Ch 32:9; Isa 36:2; Isa 37:8); but was at length taken by Nebuchadnezzar, at the downfall of the kingdom of Judah (Jer 34:7). It was reoccupied after the exile (Neh 11:30). The affright occasioned by these sudden attacks was predicted by the prophet Micah (Mic 1:13), where this city, lying not very far from the frontiers of the kingdom of Israel, appears to have been the first to introduce the idolatry of that commonwealth into Judaism. A detailed representation of the siege of some large Jewish city by Sennacherib has been discovered on the recently disinterred monuments of Assyria, which is there called Lakhisha, and presumed to be Lachish (Layard’s Nineveh and Babylon, p. 152), although it does not appear from the Biblical account that this city yielded to his arms; indeed, some expressions would almost seem to imply the reverse (see “thought to win them,” 2Ch 32:1; ” departed from Lachish,” 2Ki 19:8; and especially Jer 34:7). Col. Rawlinson even reads the name of the city in question on the monuments as Lubazna, i.e. Libnah (Layard, ut sup. p. 153, note). Rawlinson also thinks that on the first attack at least Sennacherib did not sack the city (lHerodotus, i, 481, note 6). At all events, it would seem that, after the submrission of Hezekiah, Sennacherib in some way reduced Lachish, and marched in force against the Egyptians (Joseph. Ant. 10:1, 1; comp. Isa 20:1-4). Rawlinson maintains (Heroudotus, i,477) that Sennacherib attacked Lachish a second time, but whether on his return from his Egyptian campaign, or after he had paid a visit to Nineveh, cannot now be determined. SEE HEZEKIAH. <\/p>\n
It is specially mentioned that he laid siege to it ” with all his power” (2Ch 32:9), and here ” the great king” himself remained, while his officers only were dispatched to Jerusalem (2Ch 32:9; 2Ki 18:17). SEE SENNACHERIB. <\/p>\n
This siege is considered by Layard and Hincks to be depicted on the slabs found by the former in one of the chambers of the palace at Kouyunjik, which bear the inscription ” Sennacherib, the mighty king, king of the country of Assyria, sitting on the throne of judgment before (or at the entrance of) the city of Lachish (Lakhisha). I give permission for its slaughter” (Layard, Nin. and Bab. p. 149-52, and 153, note). These slabs contain a view of a city which, if the inscription is correctly interpreted, must be Lachish itself. The bas-reliefs depict the capture of an extensive city defended by double walls, with battlements and towers, and by fortified outworks. The country around is represented as hilly and wooded, producing the fig and the vine. Immense preparations had evidently been made for the siege, and in no other sculptures were so many armed warriors drawn up in array against a besieged city, which was defended with equal determination. The process of the assault and sack are given in the most minute and lively manner. The spoil and captives are exhibited in full, the latter distinguished by their Jewish physiognomy, and by the pillaged condition of their garments. On a throne in front of the -city is represented the Assyrian king giving orders for the disposal of the prisoners, several of whom are depicted as already in the hands of the executioners, some being stretched naked on the ground in order to be flayed alive, while others were slain by the sword. (See Layard’s Monuments of Nineveh, 2d series, plates 20-24.) SEE CAPTIVE.<\/p>\n
Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v.) state that in their time Lachish was a village seven miles south (” towards Darom”) of Eleutheropolis. The only place that has been found by travellers at all answering to the scriptural notices is Unm-Lakis, on the left of the road between Gaza and Hebron, situated ” upon a low round knoll, now covered confusedly with heaps of small round stones, with intervals between, among which are seen two or three fragments of marble columns, wholly overgrown with thistles; a well to the south-east, below the hill, now almost filled up, having also several columns around it” (Robinson, Biblical Researches, ii, 388). This locality, notwithstanding it is somewhat more distant from Beit-Jibrin (Eleutheropolis) than the Onomasticon calls for, and likewise to the south- west, and notwithstanding the imperfect agreement in name (several of the letters being different in the Heb. and Arabic, in addition to the prefix Um [which, however, may only denote its importance as a mother-city]), Raumer and Grosse (in the Studien us. Krit. 1845, i, 243 sq.) incline to identify with that of Lachish, on the ground of its proximity (see Jos 10:31-36) to Eglon (Raumer, Beitrage zur biblischen Geographie, 1843, p. 23). With this conclusion Schwarz concurs (Palestine, p. 85), as also Van de Velde (Memoir, p. 329), and Thomson (Land and Book, ii, 356); but Ritter is undecided (Erdkunde, 16:131). By Daroma,” also, Eusebius may have intended a place of that name, mentioned in the Talmud, and placed by hap-Parchi two hours south of Gaza (Zunz in Begj. of Tudela, by Asher, ii, 442). of account of the weakness of Um-Lakis (see, however, Porter, Handbook, p. 261), Mr. Petrie prefers the adjacent site of Tell Hesy, where ancient remains have been found (Pal. Explor. Quarterly Statement, 1890, p. 159 sq.).<\/p>\n
On the identification of this place, Lieut. Conder remarks (Tent Work, 2:168):<\/p>\n
“We visited Um Lags, the site proposed by Dr. Robinson, and could not but conclude that no ancient or important city ever stood there, nor has the name any radical similarity to that of Lachish. [This is surely a mistake, for the initial L is at least the same, and no more can be said in favor of his own proposal.] Much nearer, indeed, would be the title el-Hesy, applying to a large ancient site with springs, near the foot of the hills, about in the proper position for Lachish. The modern site means a water-pit, and, if it is a corruption of Lachish, it would afford a second instance of changse which is well known to have taken place in the case of Michmash- the k being changed to a guttural h. The distance from Beit Jibrin to Tell el-Hesy is not much greater than that given in the Onomasticon for Lachish, while the proximity of Eglon (‘Ajlan), and the position south of Belt Jibrin, on a principal road, near the hills, and by one of the only springs in the plain, all seem to be points strongly confirming this view.”<\/p>\n
Tell el-Hesy is laid down on the Ordnance Map ten and a half miles south- west of Beit Jibrin, and is described in the accompanying Memoirs (3:290) as “a truncated cone, with a broad, flat top, and traces of ruins round its- base. There are several springs in the neighborhood, but the water is bad.” This site was known in the Middle Ages as Alkassi (Boheddin, Vita Salad. page 228). But Tristram (Bible Places, page 36) and Trelawmney Saunders (Map of the O.T.) still adhere to UmLakhis, which lies three miles north-west of Tell el-Hesy, and twelve and a half miles west by south from Belt Jibrin. Its remains are thus described by Gudrin (Judaea, 2:299):<\/p>\n
“These ruins cover a space of about a kilometre and a half in circumference. They are situated partly on a hillock, and partly in the midst of fields, either cultivated or bristling with thistles and brambles. A multitude of excavations show that stones, the fragments of ancient buildings, have been taken from the place. There remains, however, a good quantity of materials scattered on the ground. In one of these holes I found a Corinthial capital of grayish white marble, waiting for some one to carry it off. Fifteen ancient silos continue to serve the Arabs of the neighborhood.”<\/p>\n
impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3<\/span>, 5<\/span>; 12:11<\/span>). It was taken and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33<\/span>). It afterwards became, under Rehoboam, one of the strongest fortresses of Judah (2 Chr. 10:9<\/span>). It was assaulted and probably taken by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:14<\/span>, 17<\/span>; 19:8<\/span>; Isa. 36:2<\/span>). An account of this siege is given on some slabs found in the chambers of the palace of Koyunjik, and now in the British Museum. The inscription has been deciphered as follows:, “Sennacherib, the mighty king, king of the country of Assyria, sitting on the throne of judgment before the city of Lachish: I gave permission for its slaughter.” (See NINEVEH<\/span>)<\/p>\n Lachish has been identified with Tell-el-Hesy, where a cuneiform tablet has been found, containing a letter supposed to be from Amenophis at Amarna in reply to one of the Amarna tablets sent by Zimrida from Lachish. This letter is from the chief of Atim (=Etam, 1 Chr. 4:32<\/span>) to the chief of Lachish, in which the writer expresses great alarm at the approach of marauders from the Hebron hills. “They have entered the land,” he says, “to lay waste…strong is he who has come down. He lays waste.” This letter shows that “the communication by tablets in cuneiform script was not only usual in writing to Egypt, but in the internal correspondence of the country. The letter, though not so important in some ways as the Moabite stone and the Siloam text, is one of the most valuable discoveries ever made in Palestine” (Conder’s Tell Amarna Tablets, p. 134).<\/p>\n Excavations at Lachish are still going on, and among other discoveries is that of an iron blast-furnace, with slag and ashes, which is supposed to have existed B.C. 1500. If the theories of experts are correct, the use of the hot-air blast instead of cold air (an improvement in iron manufacture patented by Neilson in 1828) was known fifteen hundred years before Christ. (See FURNACE<\/span>)<\/p>\n A royal Canaanite city which joined the confederacy against Gibeon for submitting to Israel, and was taken by Joshua (Jos 12:11; Jos 10:3; Jos 10:5; Jos 10:31-32) “on the second day,” which shows its strength; the other cities were taken in one day (Jos 10:35). Assigned to Judah, in the shephelah or “low hilly country” (Jos 15:33; Jos 15:39). Rehoboam fortified it (2Ch 11:9). To Lachish Amaziah fled from the conspirators, and was slain there (2Ki 14:19; 2Ch 25:27). Sennacherib was at Lachish when Hezekiah begged peace. Thence he sent his first message to Hezekiah by Rabshakeh, and then having left Lachish to war against Libnah, from the latter sent again (2Ki 18:14; 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8). The strength of Lachish as a fortress is implied in 2Ch 32:9, “Sennacherib laid siege against Lachish and all his power with him.”<\/p>\n It held out against Nebuchadnezzar (Jer 34:7). Sennacherib’s siege of Lachish is still to be seen at Koyunjik represented on the slabs of his palace walls as successful, with the inscription “Sennacherib, the mighty king of Assyria, sitting on the throne of judgment before the city of Lachish, I give permission for its slaughter.” The Assyrian tents appear pitched within the walls, and the foreign worship going on. The town, as in Scripture, is depicted as on hilly ground, one part higher than the other. The background shows a hilly country covered with vines and fig trees; but immediately round the town are palms, indicating its nearness to the maritime plain where the palm best flourishes. His boasted success is doubtful from 2Ch 32:1, “Sennacherib encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself”; 2Ki 19:8; Jer 34:7.<\/p>\n Lachish was foremost in adopting some of the northern idolatry. Hence, Micah (Mic 1:13) warned the inhabitants of Lachish to flee on the swift beast (there’s a play of like sounds between Lachish and rechesh), Sennacherib being about to make it his head quarters, for “she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.” The Jews returning from Babylon re-occupied Lachish (Neh 11:30). Now Um Lakis, on a low round swell, with a few columns and fragments; in the middle of the plain, on Sennacherib’s road to Egypt, where he was marching, according to Robinson. Rather it answers to the great mound of Tel el Hesy (“hillock of the waterpit”), ten miles from Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), and not far from Ajlan (Eglon). Hesy is a corruption of Lachish, the Hebrew caph) being changed into the guttural. Tel el Hesy commands the approach to the hills (Palestine Exploration Quarterly Statement, Jan. 1878, p. 19-20).<\/p>\n The important town of Lachish was located in the mountain pass that led from Hebron down to the Mediterranean coast. It was conquered by Israel in the time of Joshua (Jos 10:3-5; Jos 10:32) and later became an important military outpost for the defence of Jerusalem and other highland towns (2Ki 18:13-17; 2Ch 11:5; 2Ch 11:9; Jer 34:7; Mic 1:13; see PALESTINE). It was resettled after the Jews return from captivity, but never regained its previous importance (Neh 11:25; Neh 11:30).<\/p>\n LACHISH.A town in the south country of Judah referred to several times in the Tell el-Amarna tablets. In the Biblical records it first appears as joining the coalition headed by the king of Jerusalem against the Gibeonites (Jos 10:3), and as being in consequence reduced by Joshua (Jos 10:31) in spite of the assistance given to it by the king of Gezer (Jos 10:33). It is enumerated among the cities of the tribe of Judah (Jos 15:39). Rehoboam fortified it (2Ch 11:9). Hither Amaziah, king of Judah, fled from conspirators, and here he was murdered (2Ki 14:19). In the reign of Hezekiah, Sennacherib took Lachish, and while he was quartered there Hezekiah sent messengers to him to make terms (2Ki 18:13-17). Sennacheribs Lachish campaign is commemorated by a sculpture from Nineveh, now in the British Museum. Lachish and Azekah were the last cities to stand against the king of Babylon (Jer 34:7). Lachish was one of the towns settled by the children of Judah after the Exile (Neh 11:30). Micahs denunciation of Lachish as the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion (Mic 1:13) doubtless refers to incidents of which we are quite ignorant.<\/p>\n Lachish was identified by Conder with Tell el-Hesy, an important mound in the Gaza district, which was partially excavated with success by Flinders Petrie and Bliss for the Palestine Exploration Fund (18901893). Another site in the neighbourhood, of Roman date, called Umm Lakis, probably represents a later dwelling of the representatives of the ancient Lachishites, and preserves the name of the city.<\/p>\n R. A. S. Macalister.<\/p>\n A city south of Judah, Jos 10:23. The word signifies, she walks, from Jalac.<\/p>\n lakish (, lakhsh; Septuagint , Lachs (Jos 15:39), , Maches):<\/p>\n 1. Location:<\/p>\n A town in the foothills of the Shephelah on the border of the Philistine plain, belonging to Judah, and, from the mention of Eglon in connection with it, evidently in the southwestern portion of Judah’s territory. Eusebius, Onomasticon locates it 7 miles from Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin) toward Daroma, but as the latter place is uncertain, the indication does not help in fixing the site of Lachish. The city seems to have been abandoned about 400 BC, and this circumstance has rendered the identification of the site difficult. It was formerly fixed at Umm Lakis, from the similarity of the name and because it was in the region that the Biblical references to Lachish seem to indicate, but the mound called Tell el-Hesy is now generally accepted as the site. This was first suggested by Conder in 1877 (PEFS, 1878, 20), and the excavations carried on at the Tell by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1890-93 confirmed his identification. Tell el-Hesy is situated on a wady, or valley, of the same name (Wady el Hesy), which runs from a point about 6 miles West of Hebron to the sea between Gaza and Askelon. It is a mound on the very edge of the wady, rising some 120 ft. above it and composed of debris to the depth of about 60 ft., in which the excavations revealed the remains of distinct cities which had been built, one upon the ruins of another. The earliest of these was evidently Amorite, and could not have been later than 1700 BC, and was perhaps two or three centuries earlier (Bliss, Mound of Many Cities). The identification rests upon the fact that the site corresponds with the Biblical and other historical notices of Lachish, and especially upon the discovery of a cuneiform tablet in the ruins of the same character as the Tell el-Amarna Letters, and containing the name of Zimridi, who is known from these tablets to have been at one time Egyptian governor of Lachish. The tablets, which date from the latter part of the 15th or early part of the 14th century BC, give us the earliest information in regard to Lachish, and it was then an Egyptian dependency, but it seems to have revolted and joined with other towns in an attack upon Jerusalem, which was also an Egyptian dependency. It was perhaps compelled to do so by the Khabiri who were then raiding this region. The place was, like Gaza, an important one for Egypt, being on the frontier and on the route to Jerusalem, and the importance is seen in the fact that it was taken and destroyed and rebuilt so many times.<\/p>\n 2. History:<\/p>\n We first hear of it in the history of Israel when Joshua invaded the land. It was then an Amorite city, and its king, Japhia, joined the confederacy formed by Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, to resist Joshua. They were defeated in the remarkable battle at Gibeon, and the five confederate kings were captured and put to death at Makkedah (Josh 10 passim; Jos 12:11). Lachish was included in the lot of Judah (Jos 15:39), and it was rebuilt, or fortified, by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:5, 2Ch 11:9). It was besieged by Sennacherib in the reign of Hezekiah and probably taken (2Ki 18:13) when he invaded Judah and besieged Jerusalem, but the other references to the siege leave it doubtful (2Ki 18:14, 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8; 2Ch 32:9; Isa 36:2; Isa 37:8). The Assyrian monuments, however, render it certain that the place was captured. The sculptures on the walls of Sennacherib’s palace picture the storming of Lachish and the king on his throne receiving the submission of the captives (Ball, Light from the East, 190-91). This was in 701 BC, and to this period we may assign the enigmatical reference to Lachish in Mic 1:13, Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion. The cause of the invasion of Sennacherib was a general revolt in Phoenicia, Palestine, and Philistia, Hezekiah joining in it and all asking Egypt for aid (Rawlinson, Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, chapter ix). Isaiah had warned Judah not to trust in Egypt (Isa 20:5, Isa 20:6; Isa 30:1-5; Isa 31:1), and as Lachish was the place where communication was held with Egypt, being a frontier fortress, perhaps even having an Egyptian garrison, it would be associated with the sin of the Egyptian alliance (HGHL, 234).<\/p>\n The city was evidently rebuilt after its destruction by Sennacherib, for we find Nebuchadnezzar fighting against it during his siege of Jerusalem (Jer 34:7). It was doubtless destroyed by him, but we are informed by Nehemiah (Neh 11:30) that some of the returned Jews settled there after the captivity. It is very likely that they did not reoccupy the site of the ruined city, but settled as peasants in the territory, and this may account for the transference of the name to Umm Lakis, 3 or 4 miles from Tell el-Hesy, where some ruins exist, but not of a kind to suggest Lachish (Bliss, op. cit). No remains of any importance were found on the Tell indicating its occupation as a fortress or city later than that destroyed by the king of Babylon, but it was occupied in some form during the crusades, Umm Lakis being held for a time by the Hospitallers, and King Richard is said to have made it a base of operations in his war with Saladin (HGHL). The Tell itself, if occupied, was probably only the site of his camp, and it has apparently remained since that time without inhabitants, being used for agricultural purposes only. See further, PALESTINE (RECENT EXPLORATION), III, 1.<\/p>\n Lachish, a city in the south of Judah, in the plain between Adoraim and Azekah (Jos 10:3; Jos 10:5; Jos 10:31; Jos 15:39). It was rebuilt and fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:9), and seems after that time to have been regarded as one of the strongest fortresses of the kingdom of Judah, having for a time braved the assaults of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib (2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8; 2Ch 32:9). Eusebius and Jerome place it seven Roman miles from Eleutheropolis towards the south. There has not been any more recent notice of the place, and no modern, vestige of the name or site has been discovered.<\/p>\n [La’chish]<\/p>\n An Amorite city in the lowlands of Judah. Its king was one of the four called upon by the king of Jerusalem to join him in attacking Gibeon because it had made peace with the Israelites. But the Amorites were smitten, and Lachish was taken by Joshua after a siege of two days. It was a fortified city in the route running from north to south. On the division of the kingdom it was garrisoned by Rehoboam. It was taken by Sennacherib, and among the slabs discovered at Nineveh is one representing the king sitting on his throne, with captives from Lachish kneeling before him, while his troops, passing in review, show the spoils they have taken. The inscription reads, “Sennacherib, king of multitudes, king of Assyria, sitteth upon a lofty throne, and the spoil of the city of Lachish passeth before him.” This slab is now in the British Museum. Jos 10:3-35; Jos 12:11; Jos 15:39; 2Ki 14:19; 2Ki 18:14; 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8; 2Ch 11:9; 2Ch 25:27; 2Ch 32:9; Neh 11:30; Isa 36:2; Isa 37:8; Jer 34:7; Mic 1:13. Identified by some with Tell el Hesy, 31 33′ N, 34 44′ E.<\/p>\n At this mound 60 feet have been dug through and explored. The ruins of as many as eight cities have been discovered, which are judged by the marks on the pottery, etc., to extend back to about 1500 B.C. Nearer the surface have been found scarabs (beetles) and an inscription which makes it evident that at one time it was subject to Egypt. This is proved also by records on the Tell Amarna Tablets, alluded to under ‘Egypt’.<\/p>\n H3923<\/span> <\/p>\n A city.<\/p>\n \n \n King of, besieges Gibeon<\/p>\n Jos 10:5<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Captured by Joshua<\/p>\n Jos 10:31-32<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Allotted to Judah<\/p>\n Jos 15:39<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Fortified by Rehoboam<\/p>\n 2Ch 11:9<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Assassination of Amaziah at<\/p>\n 2Ki 14:19<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Besieged by Sennacherib<\/p>\n 2Ki 18:13-17<\/span>; 2Ki 19:8<\/span>; 2Ch 32:9<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Besieged by Nebuchadnezzar<\/p>\n Jer 34:7<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Prophecy concerning<\/p>\n Mic 1:13<\/span> <\/p>\n Lachish (l’kish), invincible. A city of the Amorites, lying south of Jerusalem, and toward the border of Simeon. Jos 10:1-43; Jos 3:1-17. It was one of the Canaanitish cities which was subdued by Joshua and included in Judah; fortified by Jeroboam. 2Ch 11:9. King Amaziah was killed there. 2Ki 14:19. Lachish was besieged by Sennacherib and perhaps taken. 2Ki 18:13-14; Isa 36:1-2. The siege is considered by some to be depicted on the slabs found in one of the chambers of the palace at Kouyunjik. Lachish has lately (1892) been identified with Tel-el-Hesy on the Mediterranean Sea, where remarkable tablets, records, and letters of the king of Lachish have been found, written before the exodus.<\/p>\n La’chish. (invincible). A city lying south of Jerusalem, on the borders of Simeon, and belonging to the Amorites, the king of which joined with four others, at the invitation of Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, to chastise the Gibeonites for their league with Israel. Jos 10:3; Jos 10:5. They were routed by Joshua at Beth-horon, and the king of Lachish fell a victim, with the others under the trees at Makkedah. Jos 10:26. The destruction of the town shortly followed the death of the king. Jos 10:31-33.<\/p>\n In the special statement that the attack lasted two days, in contradistinction to the other cities which were taken in one (see Jos 10:35, we gain our first glimpse of that strength of position, for which Lachish was afterward remarkable. Lachish was one of the cities fortified, and garrisoned by Rehoboam, after the revolt of the northern kingdom. 2Ch 11:9.<\/p>\n In the reign of Hezekiah, it was one of the cities taken by Sennacherib. This siege is considered by Layard and Hincks, to be depicted on the slabs found by the former, in one of the chambers of the palace at Kouyunjik. After the return from captivity, Lachish with its surrounding “fields” was reoccupied by the Jews. Neh 11:30.<\/p>\n a town of Judah<\/p>\n Jos 10:31<\/span>; Jos 12:11<\/span>; 2Ki 14:19<\/span>; 2Ki 18:14<\/span>; Jer 34:7<\/span>; Mic 1:13 a city of Palestine, Jos 10:23; Jos 15:39. Sennacherib besieged Lachish, but did not make himself master of it. From thence it was that he sent Rabshakeh against Jerusalem, 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8; 2Ch 32:9.<\/p>\n LACHISH A city in the southwest part of Judah, Jos 10:3,5,31 ; fortified by Rehoboam, 2Ch 11:9, and strong enough to resist for a time the whole army of Sennacherib, 2Ki 18:17 19:8 2Ch 32:1,9,21 Mic 1:13 . It was here that king Amaziah was slain, 2Ki 14:19 . 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Lachish<\/h2>\n
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Lachish<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lachish<\/h2>\n
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lachish<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
LACHISH<\/h2>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nFuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lachish<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Biblical and Theological Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"