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2 Chronicles 11:9
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Rehoboam fortifies cities in Judah and Benjamin, listing Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah among them to secure his kingdom after the northern tribes' rebellion.
The words — The text lists אֲדוֹרַ֥יִם ('a.do.Ra.yim), לָכִ֖ישׁ (la.Khish), and עֲזֵקָֽה ('a.ze.Kah), Hebrew place names linked by the object marker וְ/אֶת־ (ve./'Et) meaning "and."
The thread — These locations reappear in Joshua 10:5 and Joshua 10:11 as sites of Amorite coalition battles and Israelite pursuit, and Joshua 15:35 includes Azekah in Judah's tribal allotment.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of Rehoboam's administrative effort to consolidate territory through strategic fortification, mapping political survival onto geographic landmarks.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:5 So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:11 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Joshua 15:39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem: