Azekah

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Meaning: dug over

A town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Josh 15:35), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and their army destroyed by a hailstrom (10:10, 11). It was one of the places re-occupied by the Jews on their return from the Captivity (Neh 11:30).


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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