Bezek

A written article for Bezek is still to come. Below and alongside: where Bezek appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Bezek
  • Bezek 2 (Khirbet Salhab)
  • Bezek 2 (Tell Bezqa)

Original word

  • בֶּזֶק bezek
    H966
Citations
“Bezek 2.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/bezek-2. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Bezek 2.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/bezek-2. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Bezek appears in Scripture

Judges 1

וַיַּעַל יְהוּדָה וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת-הַכְּנַֽעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי בְּיָדָם וַיַּכּוּם בְּבֶזֶק עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִֽישׁ׃
4
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.
וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ אֶת-אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק בְּבֶזֶק וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּ בּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת-הַפְּרִזִּֽי׃
5
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

1 Samuel 11

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף׃
8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.