Lexical Definition

‎עֲזֵקָה‎ ʻĂzêqâh (az-ay-kaw') Azekah ^N:N--L
from ‎עָזַק‎; tilled

Azekah.

• § Azekah = "dug over"
• Azekah, a place in Palestine

1) a town in the lowlands of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲזֵקָה‎ proper name, of a location Αζηκα, in the Shephelah of Judah, near ‎שׂוֺכֹה‎, Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11 (JE), Josh 15:35 (P), 1Sam 17:1; Jer 34:7; 2Chr 11:9; Neh 11:30 not identified.

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Azekah • Judean town, site of battles and sieges.

Azekah, a Judean town, was the site of several battles and sieges. (Joshua 10:10-11, 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah 34:7)

• A location first mentioned at Jos.10.10;
• only referred to as Azekah עֲזֵקָה.
  

Azekah was a town in the Shephelah region of Judah, located about 17 miles southwest of Jerusalem. It is first mentioned in Joshua 10:10-11, where the Amorite kings were defeated by Joshua and the Israelites. Azekah was later listed as one of the cities in the allotment of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:35). The Philistines gathered their armies between Socoh and Azekah before the famous battle between David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1). During the reign of King Rehoboam, Azekah was one of the cities fortified for the defense of Judah (2 Chronicles 11:9). After the Babylonian exile, Azekah was reinhabited by the Jews (Nehemiah 11:30). The city was one of the last two strongholds, along with Lachish, to fall to the Babylonians during the siege of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 34:7). Archaeological excavations at the site of Tel Azekah have revealed evidence of the city's occupation from the Bronze Age through the Babylonian destruction.

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