Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
I will again bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
And they did so, and brought those five kings out to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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