Judges 1:5-9 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5. At Bezek they came upon Adoni-bezek, and they fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6. And Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued after him; they caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7. Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; just as I have done, so God has repaid to me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8. The descendants of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, put it to the sword, and set the city on fire.

9. Afterward the descendants of Judah pursued to fight against the Canaanites who were living in the hill country, the Negev, and the Shephelah.

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