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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4 additional translationsAnd 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.
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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.
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.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy