Jueces 1:6

6 Adoní Bézec logró escapar, pero lo persiguieron hasta que lo alcanzaron, y le cortaron los pulgares de las manos y los dedos gordos de los pies.

Jueces 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:6

But Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught
him
It is very probable his view was to get to Jebus or Jerusalem, a strong and fortified city and he made his way thither as fast as he could, but was pursued and overtaken by some of the forces of Judah and Simeon; and the rather it may seem he took this course, since when he was taken by them, they brought him thither, as follows:

and cut off his thumbs and his great toes;
whereby he was disabled both for fighting and for fleeing. So the Athenians cut off the thumbs of the right hand of the Aeginetae, the inhabitants of the island of Aegina, to disable them from holding a spear, as various writers ^F6 relate. Whether the Israelites did this, as knowing this king had used others in like manner, and so, according to their law of retaliation, "eye for eye" ( Exodus 21:23-25 ) , required it; or whether, ignorant of it, were so moved and directed by the providence of God to do this, that the same measure might be measured to him which he had measured to others, is not certain; the latter seems most probable, since the Israelites did not usually inflict such sort of punishments; and besides, according to the command of God, they should have put him to death, as they were to do to all Canaanites.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Valerius Maximus, l. 9. c. 2. Aelian, Var. Hist. l. 2. c. 9. Cicero de Officiis, l. 3. c. 11.

Jueces 1:6 In-Context

4 Cuando Judá atacó, el SEÑOR entregó en sus manos a los cananeos y a los ferezeos. En Bézec derrotaron a diez mil hombres.

5 Allí se toparon con Adoní Bézec y pelearon contra él, y derrotaron a los cananeos y a los ferezeos.

6 Adoní Bézec logró escapar, pero lo persiguieron hasta que lo alcanzaron, y le cortaron los pulgares de las manos y los dedos gordos de los pies.

7 Entonces Adoní Bézec exclamó: «¡Setenta reyes, cortados los pulgares de las manos y los dedos gordos de los pies, recogían migajas debajo de mi mesa! ¡Ahora Dios me ha pagado con la misma moneda!» Luego lo llevaron a Jerusalén, y allí murió.

8 Los de la tribu de Judá también atacaron a Jerusalén; la capturaron, matando a todos a filo de espada, y luego incendiaron la ciudad.