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Bezek

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Be´zek, a city over which Adoni-bezek was king (Judges 1:4, sq.), and where Saul mustered his army to march to the relief of Jabesh-Gilead (1 Samuel 11:8). Eusebius and Jerome mention two towns of this name close together, seventeen miles from Neapolis in Shechem, on the road to Bethshan.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Bezek'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​b/bezek.html.
 
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