Study it in the app“Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with the thumbs of their hands and of their feet cut off, used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so Elohim has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.”
Adoni-bezekאֲדֹנִי בֶזֶקsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Seventyשִׁבְעִיםkings,מְלָכִיםwith the thumbsבְּהֹנוֹתof their handsיְדֵיהֶםand of their feetוְרַגְלֵיהֶםcut off,מְקֻצָּצִיםused to gather scrapsהָיוּ מְלַקְּטִיםunderתַּחַתmy table.שֻׁלְחָנִיAsכַּאֲשֶׁרI have done,עָשִׂיתִיsoכֵּןElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas repaidשִׁלַּםme.”לִיThey brought himוַיְבִיאֻהוּto Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםand he diedוַיָּמָתthere.שָׁם
Adoni-bezek
Adoni-bezek: a Canaanite king of Bezek. His name means "lord of Bezek."
Where else “adoni” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsthumb, big toe
The thumb of the hand or the big toe of the foot.
Where else “behonot” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appearscut off
To split something into pieces with a cutting tool.
Where else “mekutsatsim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsgather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “melaktim” appearstable
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchani” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsrepay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shilam” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yeviu” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
6Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him, seized him, and cut off the thumbs of his hands and of his feet.
7 · This verse (above)
8The sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it, and they struck it with the edge of the sword, and the city they gave over to fire.
