Thebez
Thebez, a Canaanite city where Abimelech was fatally wounded by a millstone thrown by a woman.
The name Thebez means “muddy; eggs; fine linen or silk”
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 9:50; only referred to as Thebez (תֵּבֵץ).
Location
- Identified as
- Tubas
- Certainty
- Likely (61% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 32.322° N, 35.369° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- תֵּבֵץThebez
Mentions
- Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
- Who struck 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 he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”