Judges 1:26
in Judges 1And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
KJV
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe land of the Hittites - Probably some place beyond the land of Canaan, in Arabia, whither this people emigrated when expelled by Joshua. The man himself appears to have been a Hittite, and to perpetuate the name of his city he called the new one which he now founded Luz, this being the ancient name of Beth-el.
This site's exposition
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel
on Judges 1:22-26
The city is Luz, which Jacob named Bethel at Genesis 28:19, and the scene follows Joshua 2, with spies, a man who shows the way in and a household spared. It parts from Rahab at the end, since she lives among Israel at Joshua 6:25 and stands in Christ's line at Matthew 1:5. This man goes "to the land of the Hittites", where he builds a second Luz.
This site's exposition
went to the land of the Hittites
Adam Clarke suggests the land of the Hittites lay beyond Canaan in Arabia, where that people had gone when Joshua expelled them. He takes the man for a Hittite himself. Naming the new city Luz kept the old name of Bethel alive.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the man went into the land of the Hittites,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The site of this new Luz is not known, but “the land of the Hittites” was apparently in the north of Palestine, on the borders of Syria (Gen 10:15 note).
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הָאִ֔ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶ֖רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַחִתִּ֑ים | hachitim | the Hittites | H2850 → | |
| וַיִּ֣בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| עִ֗יר | ʾir | a city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֤א | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמָהּ֙ | shemah | name its | H8034 → | 864 times |
| ל֔וּז | luz | Luz | H3870 → | |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| שְׁמָ֔הּ | shemah | [is] name its | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ פ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
הָאִ֔ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
אֶ֖רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
הַחִתִּ֑יםthe Hittites
hachitimH2850 →
וַיִּ֣בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
עִ֗ירa city
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמָהּ֙name its
shemahH8034 →864 times
ל֔וּזLuz
luzH3870 →
ה֣וּאthat
hu'H1931 →1879 times
שְׁמָ֔הּ[is] name its
shemahH8034 →864 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ פ<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:24
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp…
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- 1 Kings 10:29
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to…
- Revelation 9:9
They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
- Ezekiel 10:5
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
- 2 Samuel 5:24
Through
2 Chronicles 1:17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 10:29
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- 2 Kings 10:29
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.