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Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
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Verse 4. Pherezite. This name denotes “a countryman,” as the former does “a merchant.” None of the children of Chanaan were of this appellation. Genesis 10:15. The people of the country assembled therefore at Bezec, where Saul called a rendezvous when he was going to attack Jabes, and which seems to have been near the Jordan, 17 miles from Sichem. Eus. Saint Jerome—It signifies “lightning.” A place of this name lies to the west of Bethlehem. Menochius.
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