Lachish

Lachish was a town located in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Philistia (Joshua 10:3, 5; 12:11). This town was first mentioned in the Amarna letters as Lakisha-Lakiša (EA 287, 288, 328, 329, 335). The Israelites captured and destroyed Lachish for joining the league against the Gibeonites (Josh. 10:31-33), but the territory was later assigned to the tribe of Judah (15:39).
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Lakish ou Lachish (en hébreu : לכיש), quelque fois orthographiée Lakis dans la tradition française, est une ville souvent citée dans l'histoire biblique. Elle a été le cadre de nombreuses batailles et assiégée à diverses reprises, ce dont on a des échos dans les littératures anciennes et l'archéologie du Moyen-Orient. Cette ville est mentionnée dans les Lettres d'Amarna comme Lakisha (EA 287, 288, 328, 329, 335).
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Lachish in lingua ebraica לכיש era una città situata nella Shephelah, o pianura costiera del paese dei Filistei (Giosuè 10:3, 5; 12:11). Questa città fu la prima menzionata nelle lettere di El Amarna con il nome di Lakisha (EA 287, 288, 328, 329, 335). Gli Israeliti sotto la guida di Giosuè catturarono e distrussero Lachish per essersi unita alla lega contro i Gibeoniti (Josh. 10:31-33), ma il territorio venne in seguito assegnato alla tribù di Giuda (15:39).Sotto Roboamo, essa divenne la seconda più importante città del regno di Giuda. Nel 701 a.C., durante la rivolta di re Ezechia contro gli Assiri, essa venne presa d'assalto e conquistata da Sennacherib nonostane gli venisse opposta una ferma resistenza. La città in seguito cadde sotto il controllo dei Giudei, solo per cadere nelle mani di Nabuccodonosor II di Babilonia durante la sua campagna contro il regno di Giuda (586 a.C.).
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Lakís fue una ciudad de Judá situada en la Sefelá (Josué 15:21,33,39). Se identifica a Lakís con Tell ed-Duweir (Tel Lakhish), un montículo rodeado de valles situado unos 24 km al oeste de Hebrón. Antiguamente Lakís ocupaba una posición estratégica en la ruta principal que enlazaba Jerusalén con Egipto. Hubo un tiempo en que la ciudad abarcaba una extensión de ocho hectáreas y tendría una población de 6.000 a 7.500 personas.
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lachish
impregnable, a royal canaanitish city in the shephelah, or maritime plain of palestine (josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11). it was taken and destroyed by the israelites (josh. 10:31-33). it afterwards became, under rehoboam, one of the strongest fortresses of judah (2 chr. 10:9). it was assaulted and probably taken by sennacherib (2 kings 18:14, 17; 19:8; isa. 36:2). an account of this siege is given on some slabs found in the chambers of the palace of koyunjik, and now in the british museum. the inscription has been deciphered as follows:, "sennacherib, the mighty king, king of the country of assyria, sitting on the throne of judgment before the city of lachish: i gave permission for its slaughter." (see nineveh.) lachish has been identified with tell-el-hesy, where a cuneiform tablet has been found, containing a letter supposed to be from amenophis at amarna in reply to one of the amarna tablets sent by zimrida from lachish. this letter is from the chief of atim (=etam, 1 chr. 4:32) to the chief of lachish, in which the writer expresses great alarm at the approach of marauders from the hebron hills. "they have entered the land," he says, "to lay waste...strong is he who has come down. he lays waste." this letter shows that "the communication by tablets in cuneiform script was not only usual in writing to egypt, but in the internal correspondence of the country. the letter, though not so important in some ways as the moabite stone and the siloam text, is one of the most valuable discoveries ever made in palestine" (conder's tell amarna tablets, p. 134). excavations at lachish are still going on, and among other discoveries is that of an iron blast-furnace, with slag and ashes, which is supposed to have existed b.c. 1500. if the theories of experts are correct, the use of the hot-air blast instead of cold air (an improvement in iron manufacture patented by neilson in 1828) was known fifteen hundred years before christ. (see furnace.)
lachish
who walks, or exists, of himself