Judges 1:6

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

In Context

5And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

7And Adoni-bezek said: 'Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.' And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:26And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.'

Joshua 15:16And Caleb said: 'He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.'

Psalms 59:11(59-12) Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Jeremiah 50:15Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

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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