Shofetim 1:5

5 And they found Adoni-Bezek at Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck down the Kena’ani and the Perizzi.

Shofetim 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 ) .

Shofetim 1:5 In-Context

3 And Yehudah said unto Shim’on his brother, Come up with me into my goral (lot), and we will fight against the Kena’ani; and I likewise will go with thee into thy goral. So Shim’on went with him.

4 And Yehudah went up; and Hashem delivered the Kena’ani and the Perizzi into their yad; and they struck them down at Bezek ten thousand ish.

5 And they found Adoni-Bezek at Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck down the Kena’ani and the Perizzi.

6 But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

7 And Adoni-Bezek said, Threescore and ten melachim, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, picked up their scraps under my shulchan; as I have done, so Elohim hath requited me. And they brought him to Yerushalayim, and there he died.