At that time Nebuchadnezzar’s armies were fighting against Jerusalem. They were also fighting against Lachish and Azekah. These two cities were still holding out. They were the only cities left in Judah that had high walls around them.

那时，巴比伦王的军队正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打犹大所剩下的城邑，就是拉吉和亚西加。原来犹大的坚固城只剩下这两座。

那时，巴比伦王的军队正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打犹大仅存的城镇，就是拉吉和亚西加；原来犹大的坚固城只剩下这两座。

那时，巴比伦王的军队正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打犹大仅存的城镇，就是拉吉和亚西加；原来犹大的坚固城只剩下这两座。

那时，巴比伦王的军队正攻打耶路撒冷以及犹大剩下的两座坚城——拉吉和亚西加。

那时，巴比伦王的军队正在攻打耶路撒冷和犹大剩下的城镇，就是拉吉和亚西加，因为在犹大的各城中，只剩下这两座坚固的城了。

那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打猶大所剩下的城邑，就是拉吉和亞西加。原來猶大的堅固城只剩下這兩座。

那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打猶大僅存的城鎮，就是拉吉和亞西加；原來猶大的堅固城只剩下這兩座。

那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正攻打耶路撒冷，又攻打猶大僅存的城鎮，就是拉吉和亞西加；原來猶大的堅固城只剩下這兩座。

那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正攻打耶路撒冷以及猶大剩下的兩座堅城——拉吉和亞西加。

那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正在攻打耶路撒冷和猶大剩下的城鎮，就是拉吉和亞西加，因為在猶大的各城中，只剩下這兩座堅固的城了。

那時巴比倫王的軍隊正在攻擊耶路撒冷，也攻擊猶大其餘的城市、拉吉和亞西加；因為猶大有堡壘的城只剩下了這兩座。

時、巴比倫王之軍旅攻耶路撒冷、與猶大所餘之邑、即拉吉與亞西加、蓋猶大堅城、僅存其二也、○

時巴比倫王之軍旅、攻耶路撒冷及猶大所餘之城邑、即拉吉、亞西加、猶大鞏固之城、惟留此二城、○

while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that were still holding out— Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.

when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.

At this time the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem, Lachish, and Azekah— the only fortified cities of Judah not yet captured.

while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities— that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.

when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they alone remained as fortified cities among the cities of Judah.

when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.

when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities— against Lachish and Azekah, for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.

When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

He did this while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. He was attacking these cities because they were the only fortified cities of Judah which were still holding out.

when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

So Adoni- Zedek, the king of Jerusalem, made an appeal to Hoham, the king of Hebron. He appealed to Piram, the king of Jarmuth. He appealed to Japhia, the king of Lachish. He also made an appeal to Debir, the king of Eglon.

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem. He made Judah more secure by building up its towns.He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,Beth Zur, Soko and Adullam.He also built up Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. All of them were cities in Judah and Benjamin that had high walls around them.

Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent a message to the king of Assyria at Lachish. Hezekiah said,“ I have done what is wrong. Pull your troops back from me. Then I’ll pay you anything you ask me to.” The king of Assyria forced Hezekiah, the king of Judah, to give him 11 tons of silver. Hezekiah also had to give him one ton of gold.

Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah,

“ Announce my message in Judah. Tell it in Jerusalem. Say,‘ Blow trumpets all through the land!’ Give a loud shout and say,‘ Gather together! Let’s run to cities that have high walls around them!’

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and all his armies were fighting against Jerusalem. They were also fighting against all the towns around it. All the kingdoms and nations Nebuchadnezzar ruled over were helping him. At that time a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. The Lord said,

The Lord threw them into a panic as Israel marched toward them. Then Joshua and the Israelites won a complete victory over them at Gibeon. The Israelites chased them along the road that goes up to Beth Horon. They struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.The Amorites tried to escape as Israel marched toward them. They ran down the road from Beth Horon to Azekah. Then the Lord threw large hailstones down on them. The hailstones killed more of them than the swords of the Israelites did.

the king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one

Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

He built towns in the hill country of Judah. He also built forts and towers in areas that had a lot of trees in them.

You who live in Lachish, get your fast horses ready to pull their chariots. You trust in military power. Lachish was where sin began for the people of Zion. The wrong things Israel did were also done by you.

They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

The people of Jerusalem and of the towns of Judah will cry out. They will cry out to the gods they burn incense to. But those gods will not help them at all when trouble strikes them.

Why are we sitting here? Let’s gather together! Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them! Let’s die there! The Lord our God has sentenced us to death. He has given us poisoned water to drink. That’s because we’ve sinned against him.

The field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. So the commander pulled his troops back from Jerusalem. He went to join the king. He found out that the king was fighting against Libnah.