Bezek in the Bible

Meaning: lightning; in the chains

Exact Match

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.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsTens Of ThousandsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with {their thumbs and big toes} cut off used to pick up [scraps] under my table; just as I have done, so God has repaid to me. And they brought him [to] Jerusalem, and he died there.

Verse ConceptsMutilationRetributionSuffering, Causes OfTablesBrutalityThumbsToesRemaining FoodCutting Off Hands And FeetSeventiesGentile RulersGod Has Requited

Thematic Bible



Saul counted them at Bezek. There were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men from Judah.


They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, fought against him, and struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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