2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ¹  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ²  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ³  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

Joshua 12:11

12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one),

the king of Lachish (one),

Joshua 15:39

15:39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

Isaiah 37:8-9

37:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. ⁴  37:9 The king ⁵  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia ⁶  was marching out to fight him. ⁷  He again sent ⁸  messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Micah 1:13

1:13 Residents of Lachish, ⁹  hitch the horses to the chariots!

You ¹⁰  influenced Daughter Zion ¹¹  to sin, ¹² 

for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ¹³  to you!

[18:14]  ¹ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

[18:14]  ² tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

[18:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.

[37:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”

[37:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “Cush” (so NASB); NIV, NCV “the Cushite king of Egypt.”

[37:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘He has come out to fight with you.’”

[37:9]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has, “and he heard and he sent,” but the parallel in 2 Kgs 19:9 has וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח (vayyashav vayyishlakh, “and he returned and he sent”), i.e., “he again sent.”

[1:13]  ⁹ sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”

[1:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.

[1:13]  ¹¹ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

[1:13]  ¹² tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

[1:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”