Joshua 10:31

Overview - Joshua 10
Five kings war against Gibeon.
Joshua rescues it.
10 God fights against them with hailstones.
12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua.
16 The five kings are mured in a cave.
22 They are brought forth;
24 scornfully used;
26 and hanged.
28 Seven kings more are conquered.
43 Joshua returns to Gilgal.
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Joshua 10:31  (King James Version)
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
 


Lachish
Lachish was also situated in the south of Judah, seven miles south from Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It appears to have been anciently a very strong place; for though the people were panic struck, and the Israelites flushed with success, yet Joshua could not reduce it till the second day; and the king of Assyria afterwards was obliged to raise the siege.
Joshua 10:3 Joshua 10:5 ; 12:11 15:39 2 Kings 19:8 ; 2 Chronicles 11:9 ; Isaiah 37:8 ; Micah 1:13