Judges 1:5

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
found	וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ Vai.yim.tze.'u	H4672	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Adoni-bezek	אֲדֹנִ֥י 'a.do.Ni	H137	Adoni-Bezek · proper noun, a man's name
Bezek	בְּבֶ֔זֶק be.Ve.zek	H966	Bezek · preposition + proper noun, a place name
fought	וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ vai.yi.la.cha.Mu	H3898	to feed on · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
slew	וַיַּכּ֕וּ vai.ya.Ku	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Canaanites	הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	H3669	a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Perizzites	הַפְּרִזִּֽי ha.pe.ri.Zi	H6522	a Perizzite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:1-8

Here, I. The children of Israel consult the oracle of God for direction which of all the tribes should first attempt to clear their country of the Canaanites, and to animate and encourage the rest. It was after the death of Joshua. While he lived he directed them, and all the tribes were obedient to him, but when he died he left no successor in the same authority that he had; but the people must consult the breast-plate of judgment, and thence receive the word of command; for God himself, as he was their King, so he was the Lord of their hosts. The question they ask is, Who shall go up first? Jdg 1:1. By this time, we may suppose, they were so multiplied that the places they were in possessi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:5

ADONI-BEZEK JUSTLY REQUITED. (Jdg. 1:4-21) Bezek--This place lay within the domain of Judah, about twelve miles south of Jerusalem. found Adoni-bezek--that is, "lord of Bezek"--he was "found," that is, surprised and routed in a pitched battle, whence he fled; but being taken prisoner, he was treated with a severity unusual among the Israelites, for they "cut off his thumbs and great toes." Barbarities of various kinds were commonly practised on prisoners of war in ancient times, and the object of this particular mutilation of the hands and feet was to disable them for military service ever after. The infliction of such a horrid cruelty on this Canaanite chief would have been a foul stain…

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John Gill on Judges 1:5

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek,.... Who was king of, the place, and whose name signifies lord of Bezek; not that they took him there, for he is afterwards said to make his escape from thence, but here he was when they came against that city, and into which they rushed upon him, and fell upon him as follows: and they fought against him; entering the city with their forces: and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites: that were in it, or about it, even to the number of ten thousand, as before related, Judges 1:4.

Dictionary and topics

Adonibezek — Lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, made an attack against the armies of Judah and Simeon, but was defeated and brought as a captive to…
Agag — Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Num. 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus. (2.) Another king…
Bezek — Lightning. (1.) The residence of Adoni-bezek, in the lot of Judah (Judg. 1:5). It was in the mountains, not far from Jerusalem. Probably the modern Bezkah, 6 miles south-east of Lydda. (2.) The place…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Adoni-Bezek · King of Bezek — King of Bezek
Bezek · 1. Resi — 1. Resi
Bochim · A place west of the Jordan River, near Gilgal — A place west of the Jordan River, near Gilgal
Canaanites · Not expelled — Not expelled
Canaanites, The · Partially subdued by Israel — Partially subdued by Israel
Judah · .Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land — .Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land
Judah, The Tribe Of · First and most vigorous in driving out the Canaanites — First and most vigorous in driving out the Canaanites

Judges 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:5

John Gill on Judges 1:5

Dictionary and topics

Judges 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:5

John Gill on Judges 1:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 1:4-7

Rashi on Judges 1:4