Luz, a Canaanite city that was destroyed, and another city built by a man who had betrayed the first Luz (Judges 1:26).
Luz is mentioned in Judges 1:26 as a Canaanite city that was destroyed by the Israelites. However, the man who had betrayed the city to the Israelites escaped and went to the land of the Hittites, where he built another city and named it Luz. No further details about the location are provided in the Bible.
A nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision. (See BETHEL.) (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26) by “a man who came forth out of the city of Luz.” It is identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
(almond tree). It seems impossible to discover with precision whether Luz and Bethel represent one and the same town—the former the Canannite, the latter the Hebrew, name—or whether they were distinct places, though in close proximity. The most probable conclusion is that the two places were, during the times preceding the conquest, distinct, Luz being the city and Bethel the pillar and altar of Jacob that after the destruction of Luz by the tribe of Ephraim the town of Bethel arose. When the original Luz was destroyed, through the treachery of one of its inhabitants, the man who had introduced the Israelites into the town went into the “land of the Hittites” and built a city which he named after the former one. (Judges 1:28) Its situation, as well as that of the land of the Hittites,” has never been discovered, and is one of the favorable puzzles of Scripture geographers.
separation; departure; an almond
LUZ (almond tree). The Canaanite name for the place in which Jacob rested and had a prophetic vision, and afterward the city of Bethel; now Beitin. Gen 28:19; Gen 35:6; Gen 48:3; Josh 16:2; Josh 18:13; Jud 1:23. A city in the land of the Hittites, built by an inhabitant of the original Luz, who was spared when the city was sacked. Jud 1:23; now Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
LUZ (almond tree). The Canaanite name for the place in which Jacob rested and had a prophetic vision, and afterward the city of Bethel; now Beitin. Gen 28:19; Gen 35:6; Gen 48:3; Josh 16:2; Josh 18:13; Jud 1:23. A city in the land of the Hittites, built by an inhabitant of the original Luz, who was spared when the city was sacked. Jud 1:23; now Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
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And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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