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Adoni-bezek: In my time, I cut the thumbs and toes off 70 kings and left them to scramble for scraps under my table. And now God has done the same to me.

They carried him away to Jerusalem, where he died.

Then the people of Judah attacked Jerusalem; and when they had captured it, they killed many, burned the city, and destroyed it. After that the people of Judah swept down upon the Canaanites remaining in the highlands and in the lowlands and in the southern desert.

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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.

The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem(C) also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

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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