עֲזֵקָה
a.ze.qah
“Azekah”
Definition
Azekah, a place in Palestine
from H5823 (עָזַק); tilled;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
עֲזֵקָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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.
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