Adonibezek
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Adonibezek

(lord of Bezek), king of Bezek, a city of the Canaanites. [BEZEK] This chieftain was vanquished by the tribe of Judah, (Judges 1:3-7) who cut off his thumbs and great toes, and brought him prisoner to Jerusalem, where he died. He confessed that he had inflicted the same cruelty upon 70 petty kings whom he had conquered. (B.C. 1425).

ATS Bible Dictionary
Adonibezek

Lord of Bezek, a Canaanite tyrant of Bezek, east of Shechem. Having taken seventy of the neighboring petty chiefs, he disabled them by cutting off their thumbs and great toes, and fed them like dogs. The same barbarous treatment was meted out to him, when defeated at the head of an army of Canaanites and Perizzites, by Judah and Simeon, Jude 1:4-7.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes were cut off. He confessed that God had requited him for his like cruelty to the seventy kings whom he had subdued (Judges 1:4-7; Comp. 1 Samuel 15:33).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ADONIBEZEK

a-do-ni-be'-zek ('adhonibhezeq "lord of Bezek"): Lord of a town, Bezek, in southern Palestine, whom the tribes of Judah and Simeon overthrew. Adonibezek fled when his men were defeated, but was captured, and was punished for his cruelty in cutting off the thumbs and great toes of seventy kings by a similar mutilation. Being brought to Jerusalem, he died there (Judges 1:5-7). This not to be confused with Adonizedek, as in the Septuagint. This is quite another name.

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How, after the Death of Joshua their Commander, the Israelites ...
... flourishing condition, and they expected the Israelites with a great army at the
city Bezek, having put the government into the hands of Adonibezek, which name ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how after the.htm

Book 5 Footnotes
... Of which above, in the note on Antiq. B. III. ch.8. sect.9. [11] This great number
of seventy-two reguli, or small kings, over whom Adonibezek had tyrannized ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 5 footnotes.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... The extension of this term to Syrian countries is proved in the Israelitish epoch
by Canaanitish names, such as Adonizedek and Adonibezek, or Jewish names ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Differences in Judgment About Water Baptism, no Bar to Communion ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/differences in judgment about water.htm

Thesaurus
Adonibezek (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 15:33). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADONIBEZEK. ... This is quite another
name. Multi-Version Concordance Adonibezek (2 Occurrences). ...
/a/adonibezek.htm - 8k

Melchisedec (10 Occurrences)
... ending; but the correct explanation is no doubt the one given above; compare
Adoni-zedek in Joshua 10:1, where Septuagint with Judges 1:5-7 has Adonibezek. ...
/m/melchisedec.htm - 17k

Melchizedek (12 Occurrences)
... ending; but the correct explanation is no doubt the one given above; compare
Adoni-zedek in Joshua 10:1, where Septuagint with Judges 1:5-7 has Adonibezek. ...
/m/melchizedek.htm - 19k

Adonai-shalom (1 Occurrence)
Adonai-shalom. Adonai-nissi, Adonai-shalom. Adonibezek . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(See JPS). Adonai-nissi, Adonai-shalom. Adonibezek . Reference Bible
/a/adonai-shalom.htm - 6k

Adoni-bezek (3 Occurrences)
Adoni-bezek. Adonibezek, Adoni-bezek. Ado'ni-be'zek . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(WEB JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV). Adonibezek, Adoni-bezek. Ado'ni-be'zek . ...
/a/adoni-bezek.htm - 7k

Prisoner (87 Occurrences)
... This was a common practice in Assyria (2 Kings 25:7). The thumbs and great toes
of Adonibezek were cut off to render him incapable of further resistance ...
/p/prisoner.htm - 42k

Slew (206 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Judges 1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against
him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (KJV WBS). ...
/s/slew.htm - 38k

Prison (131 Occurrences)
... This was a common practice in Assyria (2 Kings 25:7). The thumbs and great toes
of Adonibezek were cut off to render him incapable of further resistance ...
/p/prison.htm - 52k

King (25505 Occurrences)
...Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judges 1:7). In the New Testament the Roman emperor
is spoken of as a king (1 Peter 2:13, 17); and Herod Antipas, who was ...
/k/king.htm - 64k

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Concordance
Adonibezek (2 Occurrences)

Judges 1:5
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
(KJV)

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

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Adonibezek

Related Terms

Melchisedec (10 Occurrences)

Melchizedek (12 Occurrences)

Adonai-shalom (1 Occurrence)

Adoni-bezek (3 Occurrences)

Prisoner (87 Occurrences)

Slew (206 Occurrences)

Prison (131 Occurrences)

King (25505 Occurrences)

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

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