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Judges 1:6

But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him,—and took him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 fought with him,—and smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

7Then said Adoni-bezek—Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:26Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea,—that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

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

Psalms 59:11Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Cause them to wander by thy strength, and prostrate them, [Thou] our shield, O Lord!

Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands:

Jeremiah 50:15Raise a shout against her round about She hath stretched forth her hand, Fallen are her buttresses, Torn down are her walls,—Because, the avenging of Yahweh it is, Take ye vengeance upon her, As she hath done, do ye, 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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