1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Judges 1:26 Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.

Hetthim. The Hethite lived towards the south of Chanaan. The man probably retired into the stony Arabia, where we find the city of Lusa or Elysa. (Ptolemy 5:16.) --- He gave it this name in memory of his native city, (Calmet) which was called Luza, or "of nuts." (Menochius)