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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(lightning). (1) A place in
Judah
(
Judg. 1:1-5
1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
2
And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
4
And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (Judges 1:1‑5)
). (2) Where
Saul
numbered
Israel
(
1 Sam. 11:8
8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (1 Samuel 11:8)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
City in which 10,000 of
the Canaanites
and Perizzites were slain, to be possessed by
Judah
(
Judg. 1:4-5
4
And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (Judges 1:4‑5)
). Identified with
Bezkah
, 31° 53’ N, 34° 58’ E.
2.
Place where
Saul
numbered the
army
before he slew the
Ammonites
(
1 Sam. 11:8
8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (1 Samuel 11:8)
), apparently near the center of
Palestine
. Identified with
Ibzik
, 32° 22’ N, 35° 24’ E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
966
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Bezeq
Phonic:
beh’-zak
Meaning:
from
965
; lightning; Bezek, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Bezek
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
lightning
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Lightning; in chains:―a place in Palestine [ADONI-BEZEK], Judg. 1:4. {Fulgur}
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