Bible Location
Meaning: strength of walls · 7 cross references · Modern-day map available
Azekah was a fortified town in the Shephelah of Judah between the hill country and the Philistine plain. It is important as a western frontier city in Joshua's campaign, in the setting of David and Goliath, and later in Judah's defensive network. First appears in Josh 10:10.1
AI summary: Azekah appears at key moments when Judah's western lowlands were under pressure. In Joshua it is tied to the defeat of the Amorite coalition, placing it in the early conquest tradition. In Samuel it stands near the battlefield where Israel and the Philistines faced each other before David met Goliath, which gives the town a strong association with one of the Bible's most familiar conflict settings. Later references in Chronicles, Jeremiah, and Nehemiah show Azekah as part of Judah's fortified frontier and post-exilic resettlement. The cross references present Azekah as a lowland stronghold repeatedly caught up in the defense of the land.1
Dug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Josh. 15:35), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and their army destroyed by a hailstrom (10:10, 11). It was one of the places re-occupied by the Jews on their return from the Captivity (Neh. 11:30). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.