Adoni-Bezek
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Named at Judges 1:5–7. At 1:4–5 Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; they struck ten thousand men in Bezek, and found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him. At 1:6 Adoni-Bezek fled; they pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. At 1:7 he said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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- JDG 1:3–7, engwebp
3Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
5They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Adoni-Bezek (person-adoni-bezek) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/adoni-bezek Current wording: Named at Judges 1:5–7. At 1:4–5 Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; they struck ten thousand men in Bezek, and found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him. At 1:6 Adoni-Bezek fled; they pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. At 1:7 he said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. Cited evidence: JDG 1:3–7, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.