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Lachish

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Lakisu Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Washer’s Field Washer’s Field Upper Pool Upper Pool Libnah Libnah Jarmuth Jarmuth Hebron Hebron Eglon Eglon Azekah Azekah Assyria ASSYRIA Adullam Adullam Adoraim Adoraim Jerusalem Jerusalem Babylon Babylon Lachish Lachish 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city site known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · ASSYRIA · EGLON · JARMUTH 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Tell ed Duweir.

Ruins at Tell ed Duweir.

PHOTO: DYKT Mohigan CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Azekah ABOUT 11 MI (17 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Adoraim ABOUT 11 MI (18 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Jarmuth 1 ABOUT 12 MI (20 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Hebron ABOUT 15 MI (24 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Babylon 1 ABOUT 560 MI (910 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 27 MI (43 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

18 PASSAGES · 7 BOOKS

Joshua 6
2 Kings 4
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Micah 1

COORDINATES 31.5653, 34.8492

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