Joshua 10:31

“And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, etc.] Which, according to Bunting f202, was eight miles from Libnah, and twenty miles from Jerusalem to the southwest of this city; (see <061005> Joshua 10:5); and encamped against it, and fought against it; for it seems this city stood out, and would not surrender at once, which obliged Joshua to encamp about it, and besiege it.”

“10:31-33 Lachish, by far the most important of the six cities taken at this time, was defended so well that it took Joshua until the second day to capture it. • Gezer was about twenty-five miles north of Lachish. Lachish and Gezer might have had a mutual aid treaty.”

“Lachish: Lachish was also situated in the south of Judah, seven miles south from Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It appears to have been anciently a very strong place; for though the people were panic struck, and the Israelites flushed with success, yet Joshua could not reduce it till the second day; and the king of Assyria afterwards was obliged to raise the siege. Jos 10:3, Jos 10:5, Jos 12:11, Jos 15:39; Kg2 19:8; Ch2 11:9; Isa 37:8; Mic 1:13 Joshua 10:32”