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Bezek

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(lightning). (1) A place in Judah (Judg. 1:1-5¹Now 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? ²And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. ³And 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. ⁴And 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 1:1‑5)). (2) Where Saul numbered Israel (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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

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.

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}