Judges 1:6
4 When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
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.
8 Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
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
- As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- KJV
- But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- WEB
- But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
- ASV
- But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- DARBY
- And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- BLB
- [And] Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his feet.
- ÅB
- men Adoni-Besek flyktet, og de forfulgte ham og grep ham og avhugg hans tommelfingrer og tommeltær.
- OTB
- Adoni-Besek flyktet, men de forfulgte ham, fanget ham, og kuttet av tomlene og stortærne hans.
- B1930
- men Adoni-Besek flyktet, og de forfulgte ham og grep ham og avhugg hans tommelfingrer og tommeltær.