They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Judges 1:5 in context
Judges 1:2–8
2
The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3
Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4
Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
5
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They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6
But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7
Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
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