Judges 1:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another,“Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”
  • 2 Chr 1:17 : 17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:19
    81%

    19He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

  • Judg 1:22-25
    4 verses
    79%

    22Partial Success When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the LORD was with them.

    23When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel(it used to be called Luz),

    24the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

    25He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    76%

    6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Josh 16:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Joseph’s Tribal Lands The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

    2The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.

  • Judg 1:27
    69%

    27The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

  • Josh 18:13
    68%

    13It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south(that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.

  • Gen 48:3
    67%

    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

  • Gen 12:8
    67%

    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 13:3
    67%

    3And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

  • Gen 12:6
    65%

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

  • Judg 18:29
    65%

    29They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.

  • Gen 26:25
    65%

    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • Gen 31:47
    65%

    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

  • Josh 19:36
    64%

    36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

  • Judg 17:8
    64%

    8This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.

  • Gen 35:27
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    27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

  • Gen 28:11
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    11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

  • Gen 19:22
    64%

    22Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

  • Judg 19:17
    64%

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said,“Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

  • Gen 26:33
    64%

    33So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

  • Gen 33:20
    64%

    20There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”

  • Gen 35:15
    64%

    15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

  • Judg 19:13-15
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    64%

    13He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

    14So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

    15They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.

  • Judg 19:11
    63%

    11When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master,“Come on, let’s stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

  • Deut 6:10
    63%

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,