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1 After Joshua's death the Israelites asked the LORD, |Who will go first to fight the Canaanites for us?| 2 The LORD answered, |Judah's troops will go first. I am about to hand the Canaanites over to you.| 3 The tribe of Judah said to the tribe of Simeon, |Come with us into the territory given to us when we drew lots, and together we will fight the people of Canaan. Then we'll go with you into your territory.| So the tribe of Simeon went along with Judah. 4 Judah's troops went into battle, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They defeated 10,000 men at Bezek. 5 At Bezek they also caught up with Adoni Bezek. They fought him and defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites. 6 Adoni Bezek fled. Judah's troops chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 Adoni Bezek said, |Seventy kings who had their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up food under my table. God has paid me back for what I did to them.| Judah's troops brought Adoni Bezek to Jerusalem, where he died. Judges 1:1-7, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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