Nehemiah 11:30 - Exposition

Zanoah and Adullam appear in close connection with Jarmuth in Joshua 15:34 , Joshua 15:35 . Zanoah was not a place of any importance, but Adullam, near which was David's cave, is often mentioned. It had its own king in the time of Joshua ( Joshua 12:15 ), was fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ), and remained a city of some strength under the Maccabees (2 Macc. 12:38). Lachish is a place even more celebrated than Adullam. Its king, Japhia, warred with Joshua ( Joshua 12:3-16 ). It was fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:9 ). Amaziah took refuge there when conspiracy threatened him at Jerusalem ( 2 Kings 14:19 ); and Sennacherib "besieged it with all his power" ( 2 Chronicles 22:9 ). Azekah is joined with Jarmuth and Adullam in Joshua 15:35 . Like Adullam and Lachish, it was fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:9 ). They ( i.e. the children of Judah) dwelt from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom . The southernmost and the northernmost parts of Judaea are here mentioned.