Judges 1:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 1:8

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

7 And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; ^aas I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

8 Now ^athe children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

9 ^aAnd afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the¹ South, and in the lowland.

10 Then Judah¹ went against the Canaanites who dwelt in ^aHebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly ^bKirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 ^aFrom there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)

12 ^aThen Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.”

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^aCaleb’s younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.

14 ^aNow it happened, when she came to him, that¹ she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”

15 So she said to him, ^a“Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Definitions of words in Judges 1:8:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

City {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
City {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Edge {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fire {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Fire {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Set {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sword {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sword {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jerusalem {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jerusalem {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Judah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Judges 1:8:

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