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Judges 1:4

Judges 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Lord: Exodus 23:28-29; Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 9:3; Joshua 10:8-10, Joshua 11:6-8; 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:10; 1 Samuel 17:46-47; 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

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