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Judges 1:6

World English Bible

But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

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Judges 1:6 in other translations

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

Judges 1:6 · American Standard Version

Judges 1:6 in context

  1. 4Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
  2. 5They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
  3. 6But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
  4. 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.
  5. 8The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.