Bezek
BEZEK
A city of the Canaanites, of which Adoni-zedek was king. The account of its capture by Judah is in Jdg 1:1-8 . Here Saul reviewed his forces before going to raise the siege of Jabesh-gilead, 1Sa 11:8 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Bezek
(Heb. id. , lightning; Sept. and ), the name apparently of two places in Palestine.
1. The residence of Adoni-bezek, i.e. the lord of Bezek (Jdg 1:5), in the lot () of Judah (Jdg 1:3), and inhabited by Canaanites and Perizzites (Jdg 1:4). This must have been in the mountains (up), not far from Jerusalem (Jdg 1:7); possibly on the eminence near Deir el-Ghafr, marked by Van de Velde (Map) at four miles S.W. of Bethlehem (comp. Robinson, Researches, 2, 337, 338). Sand (Itiner. p. 182) mentions a village Bezek two miles west of the site of Beth-zur, but this lacks confirmation. Others propose other identifications, even the Bezetha on the north of Jerusalem. SEE BEZETH.
2. The rendezvous where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah before going to the relief of Jabesh-gilead (1Sa 11:8). From the terms of the narrative this cannot have been more than a day’s march from Jabesh, and was therefore doubtless somewhere in the center of the country, near the Jordan valley. In accordance with this is the mention by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. , Bezech) of two places of this name seventeen miles from Neapplis (Shechem), on the road to Beth- shean. This would place it at Khulat-Maleh, on the descent to the Jordan, near Succoth. The Sept. inserts after the name, possibly alluding to some high place at which this solemn muster took place. This Josephus gives as Bala (, Ant. 6, 5, 3). Schwarz (Palest. p. 158) says that Bezek is the modern village Azbik, five English miles south of Beth- shean;’ but no other traveler speaks of such a name.
Bezek (ADDENDUM FROM VOLUME 11)
1. (Jdg 1:5.) This is thought by Lieut. Conder (Tent-work, 2, 335; Quar. Statement of the Pal. Explor. Fund, 1881, p. 50) to be the ruined site Bezkah, south of Lydda, but the Ordnance Map contains no such name in that immediate vicinity.
2. (1Sa 11:8.) This has been fully recovered by Lieut. Conder (ibid.) in the ruined site, with graves and cisterns, laid down on the Ordnance Map as Khirbet Izbik, nine miles west of the Jordan and eleven miles southwest of Beisan.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bezek
lightning. (1.) The residence of Adoni-bezek, in the lot of Judah (Judg. 1:5). It was in the mountains, not far from Jerusalem. Probably the modern Bezkah, 6 miles south-east of Lydda.
(2.) The place where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah (1 Sam. 11:8); somewhere in the centre of the country, near the Jordan valley. Probably the modern Ibzik, 13 miles north-east of Shechem.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bezek
1. Adoni-Bezek’s residence, in Judah’s lot (Jdg 1:3-5). (See ADONI-BEZEK.) Now Beit-zata, S. of Jerusalem, or else Bezik on the road from Nablus to Beisan.
2. Where Saul numbered the national forces before relieving Jabesh Gilead from Ammon (1Sa 11:8); somewhere near the Jordan valley, within marching distance from Jabesh, 17 miles from Shechem, on the road to Bethshan.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Bezek
BEZEK.Two places so called are perhaps to be distinguished in OT. 1. Jdg 1:5. A place attacked by Judah after Joshuas death, probably Bezkah, a ruin W. of Jerusalem, in the lower hills. 2. 1Sa 11:8, where Saul gathered Israel before advancing on Jahesh-gilead The most likely site in this connexion is the ruin Ibzik, N.E. of Shechem, opposite Jabesh.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Bezek
bezek (, bezek; , Bezek, Codex Vaticanus, , Abiezek):
(1) The city of Adoni-bezek taken by Judah and Simeon (Jdg 1:4 f), in the territory allotted to Judah. It is somewhat doubtfully identified with Bezkah, about 3 miles Northeast of Gezer.
(2) The place where Saul marshaled his army before marching to the relief of Jabesh-gilead (1Sa 11:8). Eusebius, Onomasticon speaks of two villages of this name 17 Roman miles from Shechem, on the way to Scythopolis. No doubt Khirbet Ibzk is intended. Here, or on the neighboring height, Ras Ibzk, a mountain 2,404 ft. above sea level, the army probably assembled.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bezek
Bezek, a city over which Adoni-bezek was king (Jdg 1:4, sq.), and where Saul mustered his army to march to the relief of Jabesh-Gilead (1Sa 11:8). Eusebius and Jerome mention two towns of this name close together, seventeen miles from Neapolis in Shechem, on the road to Bethshan.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Bezek
[Be’zek]
1. City in which 10,000 of the Canaanites and Perizzites were slain, to be possessed by Judah. Jdg 1:4-5. Identified with Bezkah, 31 53′ N, 34 58′ E.
2. Place where Saul numbered the army before he slew the Ammonites, 1Sa 11:8, apparently near the centre of Palestine. Identified with Ibzik, 32 22′ N, 35 24′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bezek
H966
1. Residence of Adoni-Bezek
Jdg 1:5
2. A rendezvous of Israel under Saul
1Sa 11:8
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bezek
Bezek (b’zek), lightning. 1. A city in the allotment of Judah, where Adoni-bezek lived, whom the Israelites, having defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites, took prisoner. Jdg 1:3 to Jdg 5:2. A place where Saul reviewed his troops previously to the relief of Jabesh-gilead, 1Sa 11:8; it was within a day’s march of Jabesh (9).
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Bezek
Be’zek. (lightning).
1. The residence of Adonibezek, Jdg 1:6, in the lot of Judah. Compare Jdg 1:3.
2. Where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah, before going to the relief of Jabesh-gilead. 1Sa 11:8 This was, doubtless, somewhere in the centre of the country, near the Jordan valley. No identification of either place has been made, in modern times.