Judges 1:6
“But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.”
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 Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
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.
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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Cross-References
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”
“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”
“And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.”
“Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.”
“Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.”