Judges 1:26

The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

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In The 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.

In Context

25He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

27Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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Cross References

2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:22-36

The Israelites Mixed with the Canaanites. ( b. c. 1425.) 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, show us, we pray thee, the… Read the whole commentary →

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