Adoni-bezek

Adoni-bezek is a king living before Israel's monarchy. He is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Judges 1:5.

Verses

Judges

• Judges 1:5
  And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
• Judges 1:6
  But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
• Judges 1:7
  And Adoni–bezek 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.Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
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