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Judges 1

Judges 1:6

The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds · Judges 1:1–7
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Translations

Modern
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Traditional
But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Literal
And Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his feet.
Latin
Fugit autem Adonibezec: quem persecuti comprehenderunt, cæsis summitatibus manuum ejus ac pedum.

Original

Hebrew
English
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Notes

Judges 1:1–2:5

The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).

Parallels

Joshua 13:1–7

People

Adoni-bezek: Canaanite king captured and mutilated by Judah

Glossary

Adoni-Bezek Bezek Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Land Tribe of Dan

Topics

Adoni-Bezek: King of Bezek Canaanites: Not Expelled Captive: Cruelty to Maimed Prisoners of War: Thumbs and Toes Cut off Punishments: Secondary Kinds of Mutilating the Hands and Feet The Canaanites: Partially Subdued by Israel The Feet of Enemies often Maimed and Cut off The Hands: Criminals often: Mutilated In the Tribe of Judah: First and Most Vigorous in Driving out the Canaanites Thumb of Prisoners Cut off Toe of Prisoners of War Cut off Tribe of Judah: Commissioned by God to Lead in the Conquest of the Promised Land Tribe of Simeon: Inheritance Allotted To