OLD TESTAMENT

Judges 1:26

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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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Verse 26. Hetthim. The Hethite lived towards the south of Chanaan. The man probably retired into the stony Arabia, where we find the city of Lusa or Elysa. Ptolemy verse 16.—He gave it this name in memory of his native city, ( Calmet.) which was called Luza, or “of nuts.” Menochius.

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