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

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    Bezek

    בֶּ֫זֶק

    Bezek was a city where the tribe of Judah defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.

    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
    2
    first named
    Judges 1:4
    last named
    Judges 1:4
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.88°N · 34.96°E
    settlement31.88°N · 34.96°E

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    Bezek in the text

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    Bezek was a city mentioned in the Bible as the place where the tribe of Judah fought against the Canaanites and Perizzites (Judges 1:4-5). The battle occurred after the death of Joshua when the tribes of Israel were conquering and dividing the land of Canaan. Judah, accompanied by the tribe of Simeon, defeated ten thousand Canaanite and Perizzite soldiers at Bezek. They captured Adoni-bezek, the ruler of the city, and cut off his thumbs and big toes as punishment for his cruelty to seventy other kings. The exact location of Bezek is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the central or southern part of Canaan, within the territory of Judah.

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    1. Judges2 verses

      1:41:5

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    via Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesAdoni-bezekCanaanite king captured and mutilated by Judahvia Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesCanaanAncient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendantsvia Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesFightFight is a concept gathering 12 labelled instances in the text.via Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesFightingFighting is a concept gathering 40 labelled instances in the text.via Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesPerizzitesCanaanite people group living in the land of Canaanvia Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesSimeonSon of Jacob and Leah, one of the twelve tribes.via Judah, Simeon, and Judah And Simeonites’ fight of Canaan and PerizzitesZephathA Canaanite city captured by Judah and Simeon

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