ASOCHIS, a City of Galilee, which Ptolemy Lathyrus made himself Master of, by attacking it suddenly on the Sabbath-day, and there took ten thousand Captives. Whether it be the same with Azech, so often mentioned in the Books of the Old Testament, is a question. Josephus says that Asochis, or Azochis, was near Sephoris.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Asochis,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/a/asochis/.