Judges 1:5

And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and fought against him, and they defeated the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand men.

6And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes.

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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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