Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
LACE (Heb. twisted), the blue string that bound the breastplate to the ephod, Ex 28:28; the frontlet to the mitre, 2 Kgs 18:37; Ex 39:31. The same word is used for the cord that held the signet-ring. Gen 38:18, Gal 4:25 (trans, "bracelets"); for wires, Ex 39:3; for ribband. Num 15:38; for a chain (bound) to hold a cover, Num 19:15; for a thread of tow, Jud 16:9, and for a measuring-line. Eze 40:3. LA'CHISH (invincible), a city of the Amorites, lying south of Jerusalem, and toward the border of Simeon. Josh 10:3.
It was one of the Canaanitish cities which was subdued by Joshua and included in Judah; fortified by Jeroboam. 2 Chr 11:9. King Amaziah was killed there. 2 Kgs 14:19. Lachish was besieged by Sennacherib and perhaps taken. 2 Kgs 18:13-14; Isa 36:1-2. The siege is considered by some to be depicted on the slabs found in one of the chambers of the palace at Kouyunjik. " Compare 2 Chr 32:1; 2 Kgs 19:8; Jer 34:7. It was a place of great strength, favorably situated upon the side of a hill. From Lachish had been introduced into Jerusalem the idolatry of the ten tribes. Mic 1:13.
Lachish was reoccupied after the Captivity. Neh 11:30. It has been identified Plan of Lachish. (From the monuments. ) with Um Lakis, but better with Tel el-Hesy.
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
LACE (Heb. twisted), the blue string that bound the breastplate to the ephod, Ex 28:28; the frontlet to the mitre, 2 Kgs 18:37; Ex 39:31. The same word is used for the cord that held the signet-ring. Gen 38:18, Gal 4:25 (trans, "bracelets"); for wires, Ex 39:3; for ribband. Num 15:38; for a chain (bound) to hold a cover, Num 19:15; for a thread of tow, Jud 16:9, and for a measuring-line. Eze 40:3.