עֲזֵקָהʻĂzêqâh
proper name [of a location]: in the Shephelah of Judah, near שׂוֺכֹה, not identified (Joshua 10:10; Joshua 10:11; Joshua 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1; Jeremiah 34:7)
Pronunciation: az-ay-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5825
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 10:10 The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11 As the Amorites retreated down the road from Beth-horon, the Lord destroyed them with a terrible hailstorm from heaven that continued until they reached Azekah. The hail killed more of the enemy than the Israelites killed with the sword.
- Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- 1 Samuel 17:1 The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim.
- 2 Chronicles 11:9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- Nehemiah 11:30 Zanoah, and Adullam with their surrounding villages. They also lived in Lachish with its nearby fields and Azekah with its surrounding villages. So the people of Judah were living all the way from Beersheba in the south to the valley of Hinnom.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).