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Revised Standard Version

Judges 1:4

Then Judah went up and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Per'izzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adoni-Bezek;   Canaanites;   Judah;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   The Topic Concordance - Denial;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Doctrines, False;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adonibezek;   Bezek;   Canaan;   Perizzites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostacy;   Denial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adonibezek;   Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adoni-Bezek;   Bezek;   Gomorrah;   Jerusalem;   Jude, the Epistle of;   Judges, the Book of;   Nicolaitans;   Perizzite;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Sodom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bezek;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canaanites;   Dominion;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Judah;   Jude, Epistle of;   Judges (1);   Lord;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Perizzites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Condemnation;   Dominion;   Enoch Book of;   Fire;   Jude Epistle of;   Lasciviousness ;   Lord;   Master;   Mediation Mediator;   Mediator;   Name ;   Philosophy;   Pre-Eminence ;   Ungodliness ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bezek ;   Perizzites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Adoni-bezek;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonibezek;   Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Nicolaitans;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adon'i-Be'zek;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Creep;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Assyria;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bezek;   Condemn;   Deny;   Gnosticism;   God, Names of;   Grace;   Lasciviousness;   Master;   Mediation;   Ordain;   Perizzite;   Person of Christ;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bezek;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Perizzites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Judah attacked, the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehudah went up; and the LORD delivered the Kana`anim and the Perizzi into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And Judah went up, and Yahweh gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.
English Standard Version
Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek.
New Century Version
When Judah attacked, the Lord handed over the Canaanites and the Perizzites to them, and they defeated ten thousand men at the city of Bezek.
New English Translation
The men of Judah attacked, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.
Amplified Bible
Then Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they struck down in defeat ten thousand men at Bezek.
New American Standard Bible
Judah went up, and the LORD handed over to them the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iudah went vp, and the Lorde deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Legacy Standard Bible
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Contemporary English Version
Together they attacked an army of ten thousand Canaanites and Perizzites at Bezek, and the Lord helped Judah defeat them. During the battle, Judah's army found out where the king of Bezek was, and they attacked there.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hudah went up; and Adonai gave the Kena‘ani and the P'rizi into their hands; of those in Bezek they killed ten thousand men.
Darby Translation
And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord helped the men of Judah defeat the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They killed 10,000 men at the city of Bezek.
George Lamsa Translation
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they slew ten thousand of them in Bezek.
Good News Translation
and Judah went into battle together. The Lord gave them victory over the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.
Literal Translation
And Judah went up, and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. And they struck them in Bezek, ten thousand men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan Iuda wente vp the LORDE delyuered the Cananites and Pheresites in to their hades, & they slewe te thousande me at Besek:
American Standard Version
And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Bible in Basic English
And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iuda went vp, and the Lord deliuered the Chanaanites and Pherezites into their handes: And they slue of them in Bezek ten thousande men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
King James Version (1611)
And Iudah went vp, and the Lord deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to the number of ten thousand men.
English Revised Version
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Berean Standard Bible
When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Symeon yede with hym; and Judas stiede. And the Lord bitook Cananey and Feresei in to `the hondis of hem, and thei killiden in Besech ten thousynde of men.
Young's Literal Translation
And Judah goeth up, and Jehovah giveth the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they smite them in Bezek -- ten thousand men;
Update Bible Version
And Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
New King James Version
Then Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek.
New Living Translation
When the men of Judah attacked, the Lord gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed 10,000 enemy warriors at the town of Bezek.
New Life Bible
Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands. They killed 10,000 men at Bezek.
New Revised Standard
Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, - and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand men.
THE MESSAGE
So Judah went up. God gave them the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They defeated them at Bezek—ten military units!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.

Contextual Overview

1 After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?" 2 The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand." 3 And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him. 4 Then Judah went up and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Per'izzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek. 5 They came upon Ado'ni-be'zek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Per'izzites. 6 Ado'ni-be'zek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Ado'ni-be'zek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 8 And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Exodus 23:28, Exodus 23:29, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 9:3, Joshua 10:8-10, Joshua 11:6-8, 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:10, 1 Samuel 17:46, 1 Samuel 17:47, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:15

Bezek: Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. 1 Samuel 11:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:31 - deliver the Deuteronomy 2:33 - the Lord Judges 11:32 - the Lord 1 Samuel 26:8 - God 2 Chronicles 13:16 - God delivered

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Judah went up,.... Simeon being along with him, from the southern parts of the land, where they dwelt, and went more northward towards Jerusalem, and which therefore is called a going up:

and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands: into the hands of Judah and Simeon: the Canaanites here is not the common name of the seven nations, but the name of one of those nations, distinguished from the rest, as here from the Perizzites, who otherwise were also Canaanites; and both these, at least many of them, dwelt in those parts, and were subdued by the united forces of Judah and Simeon, whereby the Lord's promise was fulfilled, Judges 1:2;

and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men: that is, in and about Bezek, first and last, in the course of this war, as after related. Jerom says d there were two villages of this name in his time near one another, seven miles from Neapolis, as you go to Scythopolis; and our countryman Mr. Sandys e says, that when they departed from Bethlehem, bending their course from the mountains of Judea lying west from it, near to which, on the side of the opposite hill, they passed a little village called Bezek, as he took it, two miles from Bethsur, see

1 Samuel 11:8.

d De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. e Travels, p. 142. Ed. 5th.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Canaanites and the Perizzites - See Genesis 12:6, note; Genesis 13:7, note. Bezek may be the name of a district. It has not yet been identified.


 
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