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Judges 1:26

The man went into the land of the Hittites. He built a city there and gave it the name of Luz. That is its name to this day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-El;   Canaanites;   Hittites;   Mercy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Hittites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Canaan;   Canaanites;   Luz;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hittites;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Luz;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Egypt;   Judges, the Book of;   Luz;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Judges, Book of;   Luz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canaanites;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Judges (1);   Luz;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Luz;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Hittites;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hittites;   Luz;   Names, Proper;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Hittites;   Luz;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name still today.
Hebrew Names Version
The man went into the land of the Hitti, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day.
English Standard Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
New Century Version
He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, which it is called even today.
New English Translation
He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.
Amplified Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
New American Standard Bible
Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this daie.
Legacy Standard Bible
En die man het weggetrek na die land van die Hetiete, en hy het 'n stad gebou en dit Lus genoem; dit is sy naam tot vandag toe.
Contemporary English Version
so they went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named the town Luz, and that is still its name.
Complete Jewish Bible
He went into the land of the Hittim, built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Darby Translation
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, and that city is still called Luz today.
George Lamsa Translation
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and built a village and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Good News Translation
He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.
Literal Translation
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; it is its name to this day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wete the same man vp in to ye countre of the Hethites, & buylded a cite, and called it Lus, & so is the name of it yet vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the man went into the land of the Hethites, and buylt a citie, and called the name therof Luz: whiche is the name therof vnto this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof vnto this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this is its name until this day.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he was delyuerede, and yede in to the lond of Sethym, and bildide there a citee, and clepid it Luzam; which is clepid so til in to present dai.
Young's Literal Translation
and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it [is] its name unto this day.
Update Bible Version
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 to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz: which [is] its name to this day.
World English Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.
New King James Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
New Living Translation
Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
New Revised Standard
So the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz; that is its name to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, - and built a city, and called the name thereof, Luz, that, is the name thereof, unto this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.
Revised Standard Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.

Contextual Overview

21 But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 22 The men of the family of Joseph went up against Bethel. And the Lord was with them. 23 Those of the family of Joseph spied out Bethel. (The name of the city was Luz before.) 24 The men who were spying out Bethel saw a man coming out of the city. They said to him, "Show us the way into the city, and we will be kind to you." 25 So he showed them the way into the city. They destroyed the city with the sword. But they let the man and all his family go free. 26 The man went into the land of the Hittites. He built a city there and gave it the name of Luz. That is its name to this day. 27 But the men of Manasseh did not take for their own Bethshean and its towns or Taanach and its towns. They did not drive out the people of Dor and its towns, or of Ibleam and its towns, or of Megiddo and its towns. So the Canaanites stayed in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they made the Canaanites work for them. But they did not drive all of them out. 29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer. So the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them. 30 Zebulun did not drive out the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol. So the Canaanites lived among them and were made to work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the land: 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Chronicles 1:17

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:9 - and they are there 1 Chronicles 4:43 - unto this day Matthew 27:8 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 1:2
The earth was an empty waste and darkness was over the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was moving over the top of the waters.
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good. He divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be an open space between the waters. Let it divide waters from waters."
Genesis 1:8
Then God called the open space Heaven. There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place. Let the dry land be seen." And it was so.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters be full of living things. Let birds fly above the earth in the open space of the heavens."
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth bring into being living things after their kind: Cattle and things that move upon the ground, and wild animals of the earth after their kind." And it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God wanted good to come to them, saying, "Give birth to many. Grow in number. Fill the earth and rule over it. Rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "See, I have given you every plant that gives seeds that is on the earth, and every tree that has fruit that gives seeds. They will be food for you.
Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, "See, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and bad. Now then, he might put out his hand to take from the tree of life also, and eat and live forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the man went into the land of the Hittites,.... With his family; Kimchi says this was not one of the seven nations of Canaan; and it is very clear from this narrative, that the land this man went to was not in the land of Canaan; though it is certain a people of this name formerly dwelt there, Genesis 15:20; and the land of Canaan is called the land of the Hittites, Joshua 1:4; these either might flee to another country upon Joshua's entry into the land of Canaan, or a colony of them from thence might settle elsewhere, to which this man chose to go, who might be originally of them:

and built a city; his family was numerous, and he a man of wealth, and was allowed to carry all his substance with him:

and called the name of it Luz; in memory of the place he left, and had long lived in. There is a city called Loussa, among the cities which Josephus says s were taken by the Jews from the Arabians; and which is very probably the Lysa of Ptolemy t, which he places in Arabia Petraea, and might be the same with this Luz; and, if so, this shows the land this man went into was in Edom, which is not unlikely; there is another Luza, which Jerom u says fell to the lot of the sons of Joseph, near Sichem, three miles from Neapolis:

which [is] the name thereof unto this day: the time of the writing of this book; Joshua 1:4- :.

s Antiqu. l. 14. c. 1. sect. 4. t Geograph. l. 5. c. 17. u De loc. Heb. fol. 92. M.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 (Genesis 10:15 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:26. The 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.


 
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