Adonibezek

Adonibezek

In the "Book of Judges" (1:4 - 7), Adonibezek, (simply "lord of Bezek"), was a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of Judah and Simeon. He was defeated and brought as a captive to Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes were cut off, which rendered him harmless as a future warrior, as he could no longer run nor draw a bow. According to the Hebrew chroniclers, he confessed that God had requited him for his like cruelty to the seventy kings whom he had subdued. Compare "1 Samuel" 15:33).

Though he had subjugated seventy other kings, his name is missing in the list of city kings in "Joshua" xii. 9-24.

Compare Adonizedek.

External links

* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=844&letter=A "Jewish Encyclopedia":] Adoni-Bezek
* [http://www.ccel.org/e/easton/ebd/ebd.html "Easton's Bible Dictionary":] Adonibezek


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