Judges 1:5-7

English Standard Version

⁵They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. ⁶Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. ⁷And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off ^(A)used to pick up scraps under my table. ^(B)As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Judges 1:5-7

New American Standard Bible

⁵They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they ^[a]defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. ⁶But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him, and cut off his ^[b]thumbs and big toes. ⁷And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; ^(A)as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Footnotes

Judges 1:5 Lit struck
Judges 1:6 Lit thumbs of his hands and his feet

Judges 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek^(A) and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites. ⁶Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

⁷Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back^(B) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,^(C) and he died there.

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