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Judges 1:6

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But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

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  1. Judges 1:4

    And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

  2. Judges 1:5

    And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

  3. 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.

  4. Judges 1:8

    Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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