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Lachish

American  
[lay-kish] / ˈleɪ kɪʃ /

noun

  1. a Canaanite city captured by Joshua: now an archaeological site in Israel.


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Tel Lachish was an important city to an ancient people known as the Canaanites.

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 15, 2022

The artifact had been in storage since 2016, when it was collected from the ruins of the ancient city of Tel Lachish.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

But the Tel Lachish comb was found in a much later archaeological context, and carbon dating failed to determine its exact age, the article notes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

The others are Haroeh, north of Ramallah, Maale Rehavam, east of Bethlehem and Mitzpe Lachish, south of Hebron.

From BBC ● May 16, 2013

Here, in the fifth year, he was able to capture Sharhana or Sharuhen, some miles south of Lachish.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

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