Judges 1:4

Bezek. This place has not been located. It seems to have been near Jerusalem, for immediately after this battle the Israelites attacked that city. Some have thought that it may have been the name of a territory and not of a city, and have suggested the region between Jericho and Jerusalem as its location. There is a town named Bezek, mentioned in 1 Sam. 11:8, but this is probably a different place, for it is northeast of Shechem and lies outside the region of a southern campaign such as Judah was conducting. However, the Perizzites are included as participants in this battle, and are usually mentioned in connection with the wooded highlands north and east of Shechem (Joshua 17:15). The name Perizzite comes from a word meaning “open country,” and might be considered an equivalent of our modern word Bedouin, which means “a nomadic tribesman.”