Judges 1:26

Judges 1:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
• New International Version (NIV)He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

Context of Judges 1:26

24The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will show you kindness.” 25When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family. Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name still today. 27At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean and Taanach and their surrounding villages, or the residents of Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo and their surrounding villages; the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. 28When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.

Judges 1:26 word by word

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הָאִ֔ישׁ אֶ֖רֶץ הַחִתִּ֑ים וַיִּ֣בֶן עִ֗יר וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ ל֔וּז ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Hittitesחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850
• and builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• a cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• thereof Luzלוּזlûz · LuzH3870
• thereof unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Judges 1:26

• 2 Kings 7:6for the Lord had caused the Aramean camp to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army. The Arameans had said to each other, “The king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to attack us.”
• 2 Chronicles 1:17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for nearly four pounds. In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

Commentaries on Judges 1:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26The land of the Hittites - Probably some place beyond the land of Canaan, in Arabia, whither this people emigrated when expelled by Joshua. The man himself appears to have been a Hittite, and to perpetuate the name of his city he called the new one which he now founded Luz, this being the ancient name of Beth-el.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The site of this new Luz is not known, but “the land of the Hittites” was apparently in the north of Palestine, on the borders of Syria (Genesis 10:15 note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers forty years out of Canaan…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The land of the Hittites likely referred to North Syria, not the Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). We know nothing about the new Luz.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2917-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:26

• Beth-El
• Canaanites
• Hittites
• Mercy

In the dictionaries

• Agag
• Descry
• Entrance
• Luz
• Bible, the
• Cain
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Criticism
• Galilee
• Hittites

Commentaries on Judges 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings