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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,
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,
Contemporary English Version
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 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet, 3 "Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, 4 ‘The Lord says this: "Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen."'" They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah: 6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in 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 10:5
From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
Genesis 10:10
The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1
The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.
Genesis 11:14
When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 11:32
The lifetime of Terah was 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,
1 Corinthians 14:23
So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

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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