Thebez
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Tubas (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.322° N, 35.369° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Judges 9:50 |
Thebez is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tubas (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Tubas | medium (61%) | 32.322° N, 35.369° E |
| another name for Tirzah | very low (2%) | 32.287° N, 35.338° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 9:50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.