Judges 1:5
3 Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
4 When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
- KJV
- And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- WEB
- They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- ASV
- And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- DARBY
- And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- BLB
- And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
- ÅB
- I Besek traff de på Adoni-Besek og stred mot ham; de slo kana'anittene og ferisittene,
- OTB
- De møtte Adoni-Besek i Besek og kjempet mot ham, og beseiret kanaaneerne og perisittene.
- B1930
- I Besek traff de på Adoni-Besek og stred mot ham; de slo kana'anittene og ferisittene,