So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Libnah to Lachish, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.

And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Libnah.

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachish, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever you shall lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah [a tribute of] three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

And the king of the Assyrians sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he heard that he [had] departed from Lachish.

Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;