Adoni-bezek

Canaanite king captured and mutilated by Judah

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Original word

  • אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק adoni-bezek
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Where Adoni-bezek appears in Scripture

Judges 1

וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ אֶת-אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק בְּבֶזֶק וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּ בּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת-הַפְּרִזִּֽי׃
5
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
וַיָּנָס אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַֽחֲרָיו וַיֹּֽאחֲזוּ אוֹתוֹ וַֽיְקַצְּצוּ אֶת-בְּהֹנוֹת יָדָיו וְרַגְלָֽיו׃
6
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹֽנִי-בֶזֶק שִׁבְעִים׀ מְלָכִים בְּֽהֹנוֹת יְדֵיהֶם וְרַגְלֵיהֶם מְקֻצָּצִים הָיוּ מְלַקְּטִים תַּחַת שֻׁלְחָנִי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי כֵּן שִׁלַּם-לִי אֱלֹהִים וַיְבִיאֻהוּ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּמָת שָֽׁם׃
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.