Judges 1:6

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Adoni Bezek fled. Judah’s troops chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Cross References

Esther 8:12

⌞This was permitted⌟ on one day in all the provinces of King Xerxes, on the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

Psalm 107:40

He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.

Psalm 149:8

to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles,

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them. Otherwise, my people may forget. Make them wander aimlessly by your power. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield,

Exodus 14:26

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the water will flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their cavalry.”

Exodus 21:24

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

Exodus 29:20

Slaughter it, take some of the blood, and put it on the right ear lobes of Aaron and his sons, on their right thumbs, and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the ⌞rest of the⌟ blood against the altar on all sides.

Jeremiah 34:17

“This is what the Lord says: You didn’t obey me. You haven’t freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,” declares the Lord. “I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout a war cry against them on every side. They’ll surrender. Their towers will fall and their walls will be torn down. Since this is the Lord’s vengeance, take revenge against them. Do to them what they did to others.

Joshua 15:16

Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to anyone who attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it.”

Judges 1:5

At Bezek they also caught up with Adoni Bezek. They fought him and defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Judges 1:7

Adoni Bezek said, “Seventy kings who had their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up food under my table. God has paid me back for what I did to them.” Judah’s troops brought Adoni Bezek to Jerusalem, where he died.