Judges 1:5

Judges 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
• New International Version (NIV)It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Context of Judges 1:5

3The men of Judah's tribe said to their cousins, the men of Simeon's tribe, ‘Join with us to fight against the Canaanites. Help us to take the land that God has given to our tribe. Then we will help you to take the land that belongs to your tribe.’ So the men of Simeon's tribe joined with the men of Judah's tribe. 4They attacked the Canaanites and the Perizzites at Bezek. The Lord helped them to win against 10,000 Canaanite and Perizzite fighters. In the battle, they found King Adoni-Bezek and they attacked him there. 6The king ran away, but the Israelites caught him. They cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7King Adoni-Bezek said, ‘God has punished me because I did the same thing to 70 other kings. I cut off their thumbs and big toes. I made them pick up bits of food to eat under my table.’ The Israelites took King Adoni-Bezek back to Jerusalem. He died there.

Judges 1:5 word by word

וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֥י בֶ֙זֶק֙ בְּבֶ֔זֶק וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ בּ֑וֹ וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• Adoni–bezekאֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק'ădônîy-bezeq · Adoni-bezekH137
• in Bezekבֶּ֫זֶקbezeq · BezekH966
• and they foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against him, and they slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• and the Perizzitesפְּרִזִּיperizzîy · PerizziteH6522

Commentaries on Judges 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And they found Adoni-bezek - The word מצא matsa, "he found," is used to express a hostile encounter between two parties; to attack, surprise, etc. This is probably its meaning here. Adoni-bezek is literally the lord of Bezek. It is very probable that the different Canaanitish tribes were governed by a sort of chieftains, similar to those among the clans of the ancient Scottish Highlanders. Bezek is said by some to have been in the tribe of Judah. Eusebius…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-215-6. Bezek--This place lay within the domain of Judah, about twelve miles south of Jerusalem. found Adoni-bezek--that is, "lord of Bezek"--he was "found," that is, surprised and routed in a pitched battle, whence he fled; but being taken prisoner, he was treated with a severity unusual among the Israelites, for they "cut off his thumbs and great toes." Barbarities of various kinds were commonly practised on prisoners of war in ancient times, and the…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:5

• Adoni-Bezek
• Bezek
• Bochim
• Canaanites
• Judah
• Simeon

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Judges 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings