Dictionary Summary: One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua ([Josh. 10:29-32](/josh#Josh.10.29); [12:15](/josh#Josh.12.15)). It became one of the Levitical towns in the tribe of Judah (21:13), and was strongly fortified. Sennacherib laid siege to it ([2 Kings 19:8](/2kgs#2Kgs.19.8); [Isa. 37:8](/isa#Isa.37.8)). It was the native place of Hamutal, the queen of Josiah ([2 Kings 23:31](/2kgs#2Kgs.23.31)). It stood near Lachish, and has been identified with the modern Arak el-Menshiyeh. 2
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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.)
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.