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Places of the Bible

Bezek

The place where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah

Where the name appears

Events told in passages that name Bezek, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.

  • Reign of Saul · 1094 BC · 1 verse

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The place where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah (1 Sam. 11:8); somewhere in the centre of the country, near the Jordan valley. Probably the modern Ibzik, 13 miles north-east of Shechem.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 1 verse

1 Samuel
11:8

The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.