KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city there, naming it Luz. That has remained its name to this day.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse tells us that a man who helped the Israelites escaped to enemy territory and established a new city with the same name as the old one.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the story of the Israelites capturing the city of Luz (also called Bethel) by sparing a man who showed them how to enter the city. The Hittites were a powerful ancient people who lived in what is now Turkey and northern Syria. The phrase 'unto this day' indicates this account was written long after the events occurred, when the new city of Luz was still known by that name.
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