Judges 1:5

And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

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In The King James Version

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

In Context

4And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.

6Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.

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Matthew Henry on Judges 1:2-9

Judges This is called the Hebrew Shepher Shophtim, the Book of Judges, which the Syriac and Arabic versions enlarge upon, and call it, The Book of the Judges of the Children of Israel; the judgments of that nation being peculiar, so were their judges, whose office differed vastly from that of the judges of other nations. The LXX. entitles it only Kritai, Judges. It is the history of the commonwealth of Israel, during the government of the judges from Othniel to Eli, so much of it as God saw fit to transmit to us.… Read the whole commentary →

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