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Judges 1:4 KJV
Judges · chapter 1 · verse 4
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.Judges 1:4 · King James Version
Judges 1:4 in context
2And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
4And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- CanaanitesKᵉnaʻanîya Kenaanite or inhabitant of KenaanH3669 →
- PerizzitesPᵉrizzîya Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribesH6522 →
- deliverednâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- BezekBezeqBezek, a place in PalestineH966 →
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Here, I. The children of Israel consult the oracle of God for direction which of all the tribes should first attempt to clear their country of the Canaanites, and to animate and encourage the rest. It was after the death of Joshua.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8