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Brenton's Septuagint

Judges 1:4

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.

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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
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.
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 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them? 2 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with thee into thy lot: and Symeon went with him. 4 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. 5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they smote the Chananite and the Pherezite. 6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 8 And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with 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
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see 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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