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Place

Bezek

aka Bezek

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.

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Key verses

1 Samuel 11:8
He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.