라기스(Lachish) 는
Jerusalem 남서쪽 40km 지점에 있는 곳이다.
Joshua (Son of Nun) 의 가나안 정복전쟁으로 정복되었다.
31 Joshua passed from Libnah , and all Israel with him, to Lachish , and encamped against it, and fought against it.
32 Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel . He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah .
33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.
이후 유다 지파의 땅으로 분배되었다.
Solomon 의 뒤를 이은
Rehoboam 이 애굽의 공격을 막을 목적으로 요새를 쌓았다.
5 6 7 8 9 10 Zorah , Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
이후 바벨론의 침공으로 파괴되었다.
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.