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Bezek

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: B By: George A. Morrish

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1. City in which 10,000 of the Canaanites and Perizzites were slain, to be possessed by Judah (Judg. 1:4-5⁴And 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. ⁵And 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. 11:8⁸And 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.

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