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Azekah
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Azekah (, ʿazēqā) was an ancient town in the Shephela ("lowlands of Judea") guarding the upper reaches of the Valley of Elah, about 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Hebron.
Key facts
- Ancient site.image
- TEL AZEKA A.jpg
- Ancient site.name
- Azekah
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tel Azeka
- Ancient site.caption
- Tel Azekah
- Ancient site.map_type
- Israel
- Ancient site.map_size
- 220
- Ancient site.region
- Shfela
- Ancient site.grid_position
- 144123 PAL
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.part_of
- Kingdom of Judah
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Jerusalem District
- Image
- Tel Azekka.jpg
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- Tel Azeka
- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Biblical history
- Identification
- Non-Biblical mention
- Tell Zakariya
- Archaeological findings
- Further reading
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Azekah (, ʿazēqā) was an ancient town in the Shephela ("lowlands of Judea") guarding the upper reaches of the Valley of Elah, about 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Hebron.
The current tell (ruin) by that name, also known as Tel Azeka (, ʿtel azēqā) or Tell Zakariya, has been identified with the biblical Azekah, dating back to the Canaanite period. Today, the site lies on the purlieu of Britannia Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Azekah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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