Judges 1:5

5 It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Judges 1:5 in Other Translations

5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

5 While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni-bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Perizzites were defeated.

5 They caught up with My-Master-Bezek there and fought him. They smashed the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

5 They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, fought against him, and struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Judges 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:5

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek
Who was king of, the place, and whose name signifies lord of Bezek; not that they took him there, for he is afterwards said to make his escape from thence, but here he was when they came against that city, and into which they rushed upon him, and fell upon him as follows:

and they fought against him;
entering the city with their forces:

and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites:
that were in it, or about it, even to the number of ten thousand, as before related, ( Judges 1:4 ) .

Judges 1:5 In-Context

3 The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, “Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours.” So the Simeonites went with them.

4 When Judah attacked, the LORD gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

5 It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

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 for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Cross References

• 1. ver 6,7