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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69634" /> ==
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69634" /> ==
<p> '''Azekah''' (''a-zç'kah'' ), ''dug over, broken, up.'' [[A]] place to which Joshua's pursuit of the [[Amorites]] extended after the battle for the relief of Gibeon. &nbsp;Joshua 10:10-11. It stood in the plain country of Judah, to which tribe it was allotted. &nbsp;Joshua 15:35. In later times we find the [[Philistines]] pitching near it, &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:1; it was fortified by Rehoboam, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:9, and was one of the last towns taken by [[Nebuchadnezzar]] in Zedekiah's reign before [[Jerusalem]] fell. &nbsp;Jeremiah 34:7. It was again inhabited after the return from captivity. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30. </p>
<p> [[Azekah]] (''a-zç'kah'' ), ''dug over, broken, up.'' [[A]] place to which Joshua's pursuit of the [[Amorites]] extended after the battle for the relief of Gibeon. &nbsp;Joshua 10:10-11. It stood in the plain country of Judah, to which tribe it was allotted. &nbsp;Joshua 15:35. In later times we find the [[Philistines]] pitching near it, &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:1; it was fortified by Rehoboam, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:9, and was one of the last towns taken by [[Nebuchadnezzar]] in Zedekiah's reign before [[Jerusalem]] fell. &nbsp;Jeremiah 34:7. It was again inhabited after the return from captivity. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30. </p>
          
          
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64887" /> ==
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64887" /> ==