Category:Azekah

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Azekah - Dug over, (previously spelled Azeca), a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Joshua 15:35), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and then their army was destroyed by a hailstorm (Joshua 10:10 - 10:11). It was one of the places re-occupied by the Jews on their return from the Captivity (Nehemiah 11:30)