LUZ, a City in Arabia Petræa, built by Judg. i. 25, 26.a Man of Bethel, who while they of the Tribe of Ephraim laid Siege to Bethel, shewed a secret Entrance to them, by Means whereof they took the City. For which Reason they gave him and his Family their Lives. He retired into the Land of the Hittites, and there built Luz, otherwise called Lesa, Lasa, or Lussa.
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