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Azekah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or A city in the Shephelah, or plain of Judah; about midway between Jerusalem and the Philistine boundary, in a southwestern direction; probably not far from Socoh or Shochoh (1 Samuel 17:1)ânow Shuweikahâwith which it is coupled (Joshua 15:35). Its exact site has not been ascertained. Eusebius relates that a village, Ezekah, was to be found between Eluethe-ropolis and Elia.
Azekah existed before the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. Joshua, having defeated the five kings at Gibeon, followed them up to Azekah (Joshua 10:10,11). The Philistine army lay between Shochoh and Azekah, when David fought Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1). Rehoboam fortified it (2 Chronicles 11:9), and four centuries later, in the reign of Zedekiah, the Jews opposed Nebuchadnezzar's forces at Azekah (Jeremiah 34:7). After the return from the Exile it was resettled by the tribesmen of Judah (Nehemiah 11:30).
- Buhl, Geographie des Alten Palästina, pp. 90, 92;
- Mittheilungen und Nachrichten des Deutschen Palästinavereins, p. 26, 1896.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Azekah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/azekah.html. 1901.
