Judges 1:5

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

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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

4When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

6As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big 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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