Judges 1:7

7 And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off 1used to pick up scraps under my table. 2As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Judges 1:7 In-Context

5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
9 And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.

Cross References 2

  • 1. [Luke 16:21]
  • 2. [Leviticus 24:19; 1 Samuel 15:33]
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