Place · City
Achzib
Also known as Chezib, Cozeba
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 15:44.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:44); probably the same as Chezib of Gen. 38:5 = Ain Kezbeh.