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Bezek

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Named at Judges 1:4, where Judah went up, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they struck ten thousand men in Bezek. At 1:5 they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, fought against him, and struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 1 Samuel 11:7–8 says the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man, and Saul counted them in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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Adoni-Bezek, found in Bezek, pursued and caught, and his thumbs and big toes cut off (Event)Adoni-Bezek, …Saul cuts a yoke of oxen in pieces and sends them throughout the borders of Israel, and counts in Bezek the people who come out (Event)Saul cuts a y…

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  • 1SA 11:4–8, engwebp

    4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.

    5Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

    6God’s Spirit came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger burned hot.

    7He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, then sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

    8He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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  • JDG 1:3–7, engwebp

    3Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

    4Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.

    5They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

    6But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

    7Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26

Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Bezek 1” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, another name for Bezek 2 (confidence 530 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.

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Judges 1:4 Open that verse

Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.

Judges 1:5 Open that verse

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

1 Samuel 11:8 Open that verse

He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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Entry: Bezek (place-bezek)
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Current wording: Named at Judges 1:4, where Judah went up, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they struck ten thousand men in Bezek. At 1:5 they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, fought against him, and struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 1 Samuel 11:7–8 says the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man, and Saul counted them in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
Cited evidence: 1SA 11:4–8, engwebp / JDG 1:3–7, engwebp
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