Azekah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Azekah
     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).


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Azekah, strength of walls