Bible Strands
Joshua 15:39
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the southern boundary cities allotted to the tribe of Judah following the conquest narrative. The list functions as a territorial inventory within the broader distribution of land.
The words — לָכִ֥ישׁ (la.Khish) identifies the fortified city of Lachish, while וּ/בָצְקַ֖ת (u./va.tze.Kat) introduces Bozkath as a connected settlement in the same district.
The thread — Lachish appears repeatedly as a strategic royal and military center in Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:31, and 2 Kings 22:1. These references trace its role from conquest to monarchy.
Why it lands — The text enumerates specific towns to document the exact fulfillment of tribal inheritance. It requires the reader to anchor theological promises in verifiable geographic and historical records.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:31 And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
- Joshua 12:11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- 2 Kings 14:19 And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
- 2 Kings 18:14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- 2 Kings 19:8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.