Occurrences
Lâkîysh occurs 24 times in 22 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (10), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)
- Joshua 10:3 — Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish (לָכִ֛ישׁ), and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:5 — Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish (לָכִ֣ישׁ), the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:23 — And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish (לָכִ֖ישׁ), and the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:31 — And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish (לָכִ֑ישָׁה), and encamped against it, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:32 — And the LORD delivered Lachish (לָכִ֜ישׁ) into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
- Joshua 10:33 — Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish (לָכִ֑ישׁ); and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- Joshua 10:34 — And from Lachish (מִלָּכִ֖ישׁ) Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:35 — And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish (לְלָכִֽישׁ).
- Joshua 12:11 — The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish (לָכִ֖ישׁ), one;
- Joshua 15:39 — Lachish (לָכִ֥ישׁ), and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- 2 Kings 14:19 — Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish (לָכִ֑ישָׁה); but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
- 2 Kings 14:19 — Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish (לָכִ֔ישָׁה), and slew him there.
- 2 Kings 18:14 — And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish (לָכִ֨ישָׁה), saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish (לָכִ֜ישׁ) to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- 2 Kings 19:8 — So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish (מִלָּכִֽישׁ).
- 2 Chronicles 11:9 — And Adoraim, and Lachish (לָכִ֖ישׁ), and Azekah,
- 2 Chronicles 25:27 — Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish (לָכִ֑ישָׁה): but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
- 2 Chronicles 25:27 — Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish (לָכִ֔ישָׁה) after him, and slew him there.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 — After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish (לָכִ֔ישׁ), and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
- Nehemiah 11:30 — Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish (לָכִישׁ֙), and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
- Isaiah 36:2 — And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish (מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ) to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Isaiah 37:8 — So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish (מִלָּכִֽישׁ).
- Jeremiah 34:7 — When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish (לָכִישׁ֙), and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
- Micah 1:13 — O thou inhabitant of Lachish (לָכִ֑ישׁ), bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.