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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Bezek. Every Bezek in the Bible

    place

    Bezek

    בֶּ֫זֶק

    Bezek was the place where Saul assembled the Israelite army to fight against the Ammonites.

    Where the story of Bezek happensWhere the gazetteer locates Bezek, framed to them: Bezek. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Bezek
    Where the gazetteer locates Bezek
    verses
    1
    first named
    1 Samuel 11:8
    last named
    1 Samuel 11:8
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.37°N · 35.40°E
    settlement32.37°N · 35.40°E

    Khirbet Ibziq (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Bezek in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Bezek is mentioned in the Bible as the place where King Saul gathered the Israelite army before fighting against the Ammonites (1Sa.11.8). The Ammonites, led by King Nahash, had besieged the city of Jabesh-gilead and threatened to gouge out the right eye of all its inhabitants. Saul, recently anointed as king, summoned the Israelites to assemble at Bezek. He mustered an army of three hundred thousand men from Israel and thirty thousand from Judah. From Bezek, Saul led the army to Jabesh-gilead and defeated the Ammonites, saving the city and its people. The location of this Bezek is uncertain, but it may have been situated in the territory of Manasseh, west of the Jordan River. It is likely a different place from the Bezek mentioned in Judges 1:4-5.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. 1 Samuel1 verse

      11:8

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    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

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