HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H966
בֶּ֫זֶק
be.zeq — Bezek
§ Bezek = "lightning" the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul
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Adonibezek
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, made an attack against the armies of Judah and Simeon, but was defeated and brought as a captive to Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes were cut off. He confessed that God had requited him for his like cruelty to the seventy kings whom he had subdued (Judg. 1:4-7; comp. 1 Sam. 15:33).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.