Judges 1:6

6 And Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued after him; they caught him and cut off {his thumbs and big toes}.[a]

Judges 1:6 In-Context

4 And Judah went up, and Yahweh gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 At Bezek they came upon Adoni-bezek, and they fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 And Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued after him; they caught him and cut off {his thumbs and big toes}.
7 Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with {their thumbs and big toes} cut off used to pick up [scraps] under my table; just as I have done, so God has repaid to me. And they brought him [to] Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 The descendants of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, {put it to the sword}, and {set the city on fire}.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "the thumbs of his hands and feet"
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