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Judges 1:26

Judges 1:26
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the man went into the land of the Hittites,.... With his family; Kimchi says this was not one of the seven nations of Canaan; and it is very clear from this narrative, that the land this man went…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The 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 (Gen 10:15 note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 1:21-36

We are here told upon what terms the rest of the tribes stood with the Canaanites that remained.

I. Benjamin neglected to drive the Jebusites out of that part of the city of Jerusalem which fell to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the land of the Hittites Cappadocia seems to have been the original home of the powerful, non-Semitic race of the Hittites, known to the Egyptians as Ḫeta. They are first mentioned in the inscriptions…

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