Bible Encyclopedia: Thebez

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

THEBEZ

the'-bez (tebhets, "brightness"; Codex Vaticanus Thebes; Codex Alexandrinus Thaibais): A city in Mt. Ephraim which refused submission to Abimelech when he set up as king of Israel. After the reduction of Shechem he turned his arms against Thebez. There was a strong tower within the city-the citadel-into which all the inhabitants gathered for safety, climbing onto the roof of the tower. Abimelech incautiously venturing near the tower, a woman cast an upper millstone upon his head and broke his skull. Fearing the shame of perishing by the hand of a woman, he persuaded his armor-bearer to thrust him through (Judges 9:50). The incident is alluded to in 2 Samuel 11:21. Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 13 Roman miles from Neapolis (Nablus) on the road to Scythopolis (Beisan). There is no doubt that it is represented by Tubas. This is a village situated in a district of considerable fertility, about 10 miles from Nablus. There are many olive trees. The rain is captured and led to rockcut cisterns, whence the village draws its water-supply. According to the Samaritans the tomb of Neby Toba marks the grave of the patriarch Asher.

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Strong's Hebrew

8405. Tebets -- a city near Shechem
... 8404, 8405. Tebets. 8406 . a city near Shechem. Transliteration: Tebets
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-bates') Short Definition: Thebez. ...
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8406. tebar -- to break
... Thebez. (Aramaic) corresponding to shabar; to be fragile (figuratively) -- broken.
see HEBREW shabar. 8405, 8406. tebar. 8407 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Crowning of Abimelech
... about a thousand men and women. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped
against Thebez, and took it. But there was a strong ...
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A Rich Man who was a Thief
... Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman cast an upper
millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? ...
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Of Eusebius Bishop of Samosata.
... 21. We compare the fate of Abimelech at Thebez (Judges 9:53, and 2 Samuel
11:21) and Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, at Argos, bc 272. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter iv of eusebius bishop of.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Thebez imitated Shechem, and came nigh suffering the same penalty.* The king besieged
the city and took it, and was about to burn with fire the tower in which ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Thebez

muddy; eggs; fine linen or silk

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Thebez

(conspicuous), a place memorable for the death of the brave Abimelech, (Judges 9:50) was known to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was situated "in the district of Neapolis," 13 Roman miles therefrom, on the road to Scythopolis. There it still is, its name --Tubas --hardly changed.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Thebez

An Ephraimite town near Sheshem, at the siege of which Abimelech was killed, Jud 9:50-55; 2 Samuel 11:21.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Brightness, a place some 11 miles north-east of Shechem, on the road to Scythopolis, the modern Tabas. Abimelech led his army against this place, because of its participation in the conspiracy of the men of Shechem; but as he drew near to the strong tower to which its inhabitants had fled for safety, and was about to set fire to it, a woman cast a fragment of millstone at him, and "all to brake his skull" i.e., "altogether brake," etc. His armourbearer thereupon "thrust him through, and he died" (Judges 9:50-55).

Thesaurus

Thebez (3 Occurrences)
... 55). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. THEBEZ. the ... Israel. After the reduction
of Shechem he turned his arms against Thebez. There ...
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Encampeth (13 Occurrences)
... against it; (YLT). Judges 9:50 And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth
against Thebez, and captureth it, (YLT). 1 Samuel 11 ...
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Besieged (34 Occurrences)
... you? (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV). Judges 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez,
and encamped against Thebez, and took it. (See NIV). 1 ...
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Captureth (24 Occurrences)
... with' salt. (YLT). Judges 9:50 And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth
against Thebez, and captureth it, (YLT). Judges 12:5 ...
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Jerubbaal (15 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 11:21 Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman
send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? ...
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Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)
... men and women. (DBY RSV). Judges 9:50 Then Abim'elech went to Thebez, and
encamped against Thebez, and took it. (DBY RSV). Judges 9 ...
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Abimelech (63 Occurrences)
... When engaged in reducing the town of Thebez, which had revolted, he was struck mortally
on his head by a mill-stone, thrown by the hand of a woman from the ...
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Captured (143 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Judges 9:50 And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth
against Thebez, and captureth it, (See NAS NIV). Judges ...
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Encamped (115 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV DBY WBS RSV). Judges 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped
against Thebez, and took it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Camped (100 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Judges 9:50 Then went Abimelech
to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. (Root ...
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Bible Concordance

Thebez (3 Occurrences)

Judges 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 11:21 who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say,'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 11:22 So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
(BBE)

Subtopics

Thebez

Thebez: A City, at Which Abimelech Was Killed While Besieging

Related Terms

Encampeth (13 Occurrences)

Besieged (34 Occurrences)

Captureth (24 Occurrences)

Jerubbaal (15 Occurrences)

Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)

Abimelech (63 Occurrences)

Captured (143 Occurrences)

Encamped (115 Occurrences)