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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 11:9

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adoraim;   Azekah;   Lachish;   Rehoboam;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azekah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cities;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adoraim;   Lachish;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Lachish;   Palestine;   Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adoraim;   Azekah;   Fenced Cities;   Jerusalem;   Lachish;   Shishak;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adoraim;   Azekah;   Fortified Cities;   Gath;   Hebron;   Lachish;   Zorah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adoraim;   Azekah;   Chronicles, I;   Fortification and Siegecraft;   Lachish;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adoraim ;   Azekah ;   Lachish ;   Rehoboam ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shemaiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Azekah;   Lachish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adora'im;   La'chish;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoraim;   Azekah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Judah, Territory of;   Lachish;   Rehoboam;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adoraim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Azekah;   Lachish;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Hebrew Names Version
and Adorayim, and Lakhish, and `Azeka,
King James Version
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
English Standard Version
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New Century Version
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New English Translation
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Amplified Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New American Standard Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
World English Bible
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Legacy Standard Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Berean Standard Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adorayim, Lakhish, ‘Azekah,
Darby Translation
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Easy-to-Read Version
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
George Lamsa Translation
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other he put in Dan.
Good News Translation
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Lexham English Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Literal Translation
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Adoraim, Laches, Aseka,
American Standard Version
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Bible in Basic English
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Adurahim, Lachis, and Azecah,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
King James Version (1611)
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca,
English Revised Version
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but also Huram, and Lachis, and Azecha;
Update Bible Version
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
New King James Version
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New Living Translation
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New Life Bible
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
New Revised Standard
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Adoraim and Lachish, and Azekah;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aduram, and Lachis, and Azecha,
Revised Standard Version
Adora'im, Lachish, Aze'kah,
Young's Literal Translation
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Contextual Overview

1 After Rehoboam returned to Jerusalem, he decided to attack Israel and regain control of the whole country. So he called together one hundred eighty thousand soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. 2 Meanwhile, the Lord had told Shemaiah the prophet 3 to tell Rehoboam and everyone from Judah and Benjamin, 4 "The Lord warns you not to go to war against the people from the northern tribes—they are your relatives. Go home! The Lord is the one who made these things happen." Rehoboam and his army obeyed the Lord 's message and did not attack Jeroboam and his troops. 5 Rehoboam ruled from Jerusalem, and he had several cities in Judah turned into fortresses so he could use them to defend his country. These cities included 6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. After he had fortified these cities in the territories of Judah and Benjamin,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lachish: 2 Chronicles 32:9, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:11, Joshua 15:35, Joshua 15:39

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:3 - Lachish Joshua 10:31 - Lachish Micah 1:13 - Lachish

Cross-References

Genesis 11:1
At first everyone spoke the same language,
Genesis 11:14
When Shelah was thirty, he had a son named Eber.
Genesis 11:31
Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they decided to settle there instead.
Genesis 11:32
Terah lived to be two hundred five years old and died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.
1 Corinthians 14:23
Suppose everyone in your worship service started speaking unknown languages, and some outsiders or some unbelievers come in. Won't they think you are crazy?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Adoraim,.... Called by Josephus d Adora, which he mentions along with Mareshah, or Marissa:

and Lachish: a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and which fell to the lot of Judah, Joshua 12:11,

and Azekah; a city situated in the plain of Judah, Joshua 10:10.

d Antiqu. l. 13. c. 9. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The site of Adoraim is uncertain. For Lachish, see Joshua 10:3; Azekah, Joshua 10:10; Zorah, Joshua 15:33; Aijalon, Joshua 10:12; Hebron, Joshua 14:15. No one of the cities was really within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin. The writer uses the phrase “Judah and Benjamin” merely as the common designation of the southern kingdom (compare 2 Chronicles 11:12 and 2 Chronicles 11:23).


 
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