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Azekah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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From a root, "to until the ground." A town of Judah, with dependent villages, in the shephelah , the low hills of Judah, near Shochoh (1 Samuel 17:1; Joshua 15:35). Fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30). Assailed by the king of Babylon (Jeremiah 34:7). Ganneau fixes it at Ellar, half way between Jerusalem and Beit Jibrin; Conder at Deir el Aashek (the monastery of the lover), S. of Sorek valley, eight miles N. of Shochoh (Shuweikeh). A road leads to it from Elah valley.

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Azekah'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​a/azekah.html. 1949.
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