A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.1.5 § Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek" king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites
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H137 — אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק
a.do.ni-ve.zeq · Adoni-bezek · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 1:5 · אֲדֹנִ֥י · בֶ֙זֶק֙They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.Judges 1:6 · אֲדֹ֣נִי · בֶ֔זֶקBut Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.Judges 1:7 · אֲדֹֽנִי־ · בֶ֗זֶקAdoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, scavenged under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.