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Judges 1:4-11 New International Version (NIV)

4. When Judah attacked, the Lord gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

5. It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

6. Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7. Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8. The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

9. After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills.

10. They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

11. From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).