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The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron

Judges 1:26

In 11 translations

BSB
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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.
WEB
The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
ASV
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.
LSV
and the man goes to the land of the Hittites, and builds a city, and calls its name Luz—it [is] its name to this day.
YLT
and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz — it [is] its name unto this day.
DBY
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
DRC
Who being sent away, went into the land of Hethim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.
GNV
Then the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this daie.
JPS
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.
LXXE
And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this is its name until this day.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הָאִ֔ישׁ אֶ֖רֶץ הַחִתִּ֑ים וַיִּ֣בֶן עִ֗יר וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ ל֔וּז ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἀνὴρ εἰς γῆν Χεττίν· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ πόλιν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Λουζά· τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

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  • 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to…
  • 2 Chronicles 1:17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

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