# Lachish

## Ancient names

- Lakisu: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687951).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i5a06c2.jpg (DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tel_Lachiish_(31294067732).jpg).

## Passages

- **Joshua 10:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/10/3
- **Joshua 10:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/10/5
- **Joshua 10:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/10/23
- **Joshua 10:31-35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/10/31
- **Joshua 12:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/12/11
- **Joshua 15:39** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/15/39
- **2 Kings 14:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/14/19
- **2 Kings 18:14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/14
- **2 Kings 18:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/17
- **2 Kings 19:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/8
- **2 Chronicles 11:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/11/9
- **2 Chronicles 25:27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/25/27
- **2 Chronicles 32:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/32/9
- **Nehemiah 11:30** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/11/30
- **Isaiah 36:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/36/2
- **Isaiah 37:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/37/8
- **Jeremiah 34:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/34/7
- **Micah 1:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/1/13

## Coordinates

31.5653, 34.8492

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/lachish
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).