Joshua Conquers Azekah

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In 2021, skeletal remains from approximately 1200 BCE were discovered in the location of the city of Azekah, mentioned several times in the Bible.

Joshua 10:7-10

So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his whole fighting force, all the trained warriors.…Joshua took them by surprise, marching all night from Gilgal. The LORD threw them into a panic before Israel and inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Gibeon, they pursued them in the direction of the Beth-Horon ascent and harried them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

Skeletal Remains from Azekah
Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition
Benjamin Sitzmann

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Overview

In 2021, skeletal remains from approximately 1200 BCE were discovered in the location of the city of Azekah, mentioned several times in the Bible.

In the Bible

Joshua 10:7-10

So, Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his whole fighting force, all the trained warriors.

…Joshua took them by surprise, marching all night from Gilgal. The L-RD threw them into a panic before Israel: [Joshua] inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Gibeon, pursued them in the direction of the Beth-horon ascent, and harried them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ י':ז'-י'

וַיַּ֨עַל יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ מִן-הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל ה֚וּא וְכָל-עַ֤ם הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל גִּבּוֹרֵ֥י הֶחָֽיִל:... וַיָּבֹ֧א אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ פִּתְאֹ֑ם כָּל-הַלַּ֕יְלָה עָלָ֖ה מִן-הַגִּלְגָּֽל:. וַיְהֻמֵּ֤ם ה' לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכֵּ֥ם [יְהוֹשֻׁעַ] מַכָּֽה-גְדוֹלָ֖ה בְּגִבְע֑וֹן וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֗ם דֶּ֚רֶךְ מַעֲלֵ֣ה בֵית-חוֹרֹ֔ן וַיַּכֵּ֥ם עַד-עֲזֵקָ֖ה וְעַד-מַקֵּדָֽה: