Judges 1:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes[a] 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[b] of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, put it to the sword,[c] and set the city on fire.[d] 9 Afterward the descendants[e] of Judah pursued to fight against the Canaanites[f] who were living in the hill country, the Negev,[g] and the Shephelah.[h]
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- Judges 1:7 Literally “the thumbs of their hands and feet”
- Judges 1:8 Or “sons/children”
- Judges 1:8 Literally “they struck it with the mouth of the sword”
- Judges 1:8 Literally “the city they sent away with fire”
- Judges 1:9 Or “sons/children”
- Judges 1:9 Hebrew “Canaanite”
- Judges 1:9 An arid region south of the Judean hills
- Judges 1:9 A geographical region associated with an area of low country on the western edge of the Judaean hills.
Judges 1:7-9
New International Version
7 Then 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(A) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(B) and he died there.
8 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem(C) also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
9 After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country,(D) the Negev(E) and the western foothills.
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