Bezek

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bezek
     lightning. (1.) The residence of Adoni-bezek, in the lot of
     Judah (Judg. 1:5). It was in the mountains, not far from
     Jerusalem. Probably the modern Bezkah, 6 miles south-east of
     Lydda.
     


       (2.) 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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bezek, lightning; in the chains