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Judges 1:5

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

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They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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

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

1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

What does Judges 1:5 mean?

Judges 1:5 is a verse in the book of Judges, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָצָא (mâtsâʼ), אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק (ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq), בֶּזֶק (Bezeq). It connects to 1 cross-referenced passage elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
they
foundמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Adonibezekאֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶקʼĂdônîy-Bezeq/ad-o''-nee-beh'-zek/H137Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king
in
Bezek:בֶּזֶקBezeq/beh'-zak/H966Bezek, a place in Palestine
and
they
foughtלָחַםlâcham/law-kham'/H3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
against
him,
and
they
slewנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
the
CanaanitesכְּנַעַנִיKᵉnaʻanîy/ken-ah-an-ee'/H3669a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
and
the
Perizzites.פְּרִזִּיPᵉrizzîy/per-iz-zee'/H6522a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

Commentary on Judges 1:5

HENRY_FULL · Judges 1:1–7
-caps">b. c. 1444.) 17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. The lot of Issachar ran from Jordan in the east to the great sea in the west, Manasseh on the south, and Zebulun on the north. A numerous tribe, Num. xxvi. 25 . Tola, one of the judges, was of this tribe, Judg. x. 1 . So was Baasha, one of the kings of Israel, 1 Kings xv. 27 . The most considerable places in this tribe were, 1. Jezreel, in which was Ahab's palace, and near it Naboth's vineyard. 2. Shunem, where lived that good Shunamite that entertained Elisha. 3. The river Kishon, on the banks of which, in this tribe, Sisera was beaten by Deborah and Barak. 4. The mountains of Gilboa, on which Saul and Jonathan were slain, which were not far from Endor, where Saul consulted the witch. 5. The valley of Megiddo, where Josiah was slain near Hadad-rimmon, 2 Kings xxiii. 29 ; Zech. xii. 11 . The Lot of Asher. (

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Judges 1:5.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Deuteronomy 20:17

But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

Deuteronomy 7:1

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

Exodus 23:23

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

Exodus 3:17

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 33:2

And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

Exodus 34:11

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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What does Judges 1:5 say?

Judges 1:5 (King James Version) reads: "And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."

Is Judges 1:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Judges 1:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Judges.

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