Judges 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 1:4

When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַיִּתֵּ֧ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave	H5414 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י	ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	the Canaanite[s]	H3669 →
וְהַפְּרִזִּ֖י	ve.hap.pe.ri.Zi	and the Perizzite[s]	H6522 →
בְּיָדָ֑ם	be.ya.Dam	in hand their	H3027 →
וַיַּכּ֣וּם	vai.ya.Kum	and they defeated them	H5221 →
בְּבֶ֔זֶק	be.Ve.zek	at Bezek	H966 →
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת	'a.Se.ret	ten	H6235 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
אִֽישׁ׃	'Ish	man	H376 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will…
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:19
  Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- Jeremiah 23:14–17
  And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
- Ezekiel 13:7–16
  Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
- Ezekiel 13:22
  Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their…
Through
1 Samuel 14:10
But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”
leads to
- Genesis 24:14
  Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be…
- Judges 7:11
  and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
Through
1 Samuel 11:8
And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
leads to
- Judges 1:4–5
  When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
- 2 Samuel 24:9
  And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.