Adonibezek
In the Book of Judges (1:4 - 7), Adoni-Bezek, (simply "lord of
Bezek"), was a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of
the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of
Judah and Simeon. He was defeated......
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a-do-ni-be'-zek ('adhonibhezeq "lord of Bezek"): Lord of a
town, Bezek, in southern Israel, whom the tribes of Judah and
Simeon overthrew. Adonibezek fled when his men were defeated,
but was captured, and was punished for his cruelty in cutting
off the thumbs and great toes of seventy kings by a similar
mutilation. Being brought to Jerusalem, ...
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(lord of Bezek), king of Bezek, a city of the Canaanites.
[BEZEK] This chieftain was vanquished by the tribe of Judah,
Jud 1:3-7 who cut off his thumbs and great toes, and
brought him prisoner to Jerusalem, where he died. He confessed
that he had inflicted the same cruelty upon 70 petty kings
whom he had conquered. (B.C. 1425)....
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lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy
of
the chiefs that were around him, made an attack
against the
armies of Judah and Simeon, but was defeated and
brought as a
captive to Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes
were cut
off. He confessed that God had requited him for his
like cruelty
to the seventy kings whom...
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("Lord of Bezek", a city of Canaan.) Leading the confederated
Canaanites and Perizzites, he was conquered by Judah and
Simeon, who cut off his thumbs and great toes. Conscience
struck, he confessed that 70 kings (petty princes) had gleaned
(margin) their meat under his table, deprived of thumbs and
great toes: "As I have done, so God hath requ...
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the lightning of the Lord; the Lord of lightning...
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And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their
thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat]
under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And
they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died....
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And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against
him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites....
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But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught
him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes....
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