Judges 1:1-7 ▼

1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of YHWH, saying, “Who shall go up for us against the Canaanite as the first to fight against them?”

2 And YHWH said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

3 And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my allotment, that we may fight against the Canaanite. And will go likewise I with you into your allotment.” And Simeon went with him.

4 And Judah went up, and YHWH delivered the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they struck them in Bezek—ten thousand men.

5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

6 And Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his feet.

7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with the thumbs of their hands and their feet cut off, have been scavenging under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.