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Bezek - (lightning).

1. The residence of Adonibezek, (Judges 1:6) in the lot of Judah. ver. (Judges 1:3)

2. Where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah before going to the relief of Jabesh-gilead. (1 Samuel 11:8) This was doubtless somewhere in the centre of the country, near the Jordan valley. No identification of either place has been made in modern times.
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