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.

Verse Comparison: Judges 1:8

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American Standard Version
And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Amplified® Bible
And the men of Judah fought against [Jebusite] Jerusalem and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

Contemporary English Version
They attacked Jerusalem, captured it, killed everyone who lived there, and then burned it to the ground.

Darby English Version
And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Good News Bible
The people of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They killed its people and set fire to the city.

King James Version
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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

New King James Version
Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

Revised Standard Version
And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;

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