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Lachish
Ancient city southwest of Jerusalem, destroyed 589 BC. Inscribed pottery fragments found there have thrown light on Hebrew manuscripts and the early development of the alphabet. ...
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Lachish
(from the article `epigraphy`) ...of Samaria, datable to the reign of Jeroboam II of Israel (8th century ), which record names, families, and administrative and religious ...
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Lachish
Lachish (lā'kish) , city, S ancient Palestine, SW of Jerusalem, in present-day Israel. It is mentioned in the Tell-el-Amarna letters and was one of the Amorite cities allied against the Gibeonites and destroyed by Joshua. Rehoboam fortified it, and Amaziah was murdered there. It was besieg...
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Lachish
`Lachish` (; ; ) was a ancient Near East town located at the site of modern Tell ed-Duweir in the Shephelah, a region between Mount Hebron and the maritime plain of Philistia (Joshua 10:3, 5; 12:11). The town was first mentioned in the Amarna letters as Lakisha-LakiÅ¡a (EA 287, 288, 328, 32...
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