Bezek

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Residence of Adoni-bezekJudges 1:5
• 2. A rendezvous of Israel under Saul1 Samuel 11:8

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. Judges 1:5

   And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

   ›Commentary on Judges 1:51 voice

   “And they found Adoni-bezek - The word מצא matsa, “he found,” is used to express a hostile encounter between two parties; to attack, surprise, etc. This is probably its meaning here. Adoni-bezek is literally the lord of Bezek. It is very probable that the different Canaanitish tribes were governed by a sort of chieftains, similar to those among the clans of the ancient Scottish Highlanders. Bezek is said by some to have been in the tribe of Judah. Eusebius and St. Jerome mention two villages of this name, not in the tribe of Judah, but about seventeen miles from Shechem.

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2. 1 Samuel 11:8

   And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:82 voices

   “Bezek--This place of general muster was not far from Shechem, on the road to Beth-shan, and nearly opposite the ford for crossing to Jabesh-gilead. The great number on the muster-roll showed the effect of Saul's wisdom and promptitude.

   “In this muster, it seems, Judah, though numbered by itself, made no great figure; for, as it was one tribe of twelve, so it was but an eleventh part of the whole number, 30,330, though the rendezvous was at Bezek, in that tribe.

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