30. Zanoah. Now Khirbet Zanû‘, 2 (3.2 ) northeast of Jarmuth.
Adullam. Now Tell esh-Sheikh Madhkûr, 10 (16 ) northwest of Hebron.
Lachish. Now Tell ed-Duweir, about 15 (25.6 ) northwest of Hebron, where excavations of importance took place during the years 1932-38, under the direction of J. L. Starkey (see I, 125).
Azekah. Now Tell ez-Zakariyeh, about 18 southwest of Jerusalem. Like Adullam and Lachish, it was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:9). Azekah and Lachish were the last cities to fall to Nebuchadnezzar’s forces prior to the capture of Jerusalem (Jer. 34:7).
Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. For practical purposes, the southernmost and northernmost regions of the former tribe of Judah are here mentioned, a distance of about 40 (64 ) as the crow flies. The Valley of Hinnom lay immediately to the south of Jerusalem. Compare the similar expression, “from Dan even to Beer-sheba” (see on Judges 20:1).