Bible Explorer · Event · c. 1375 BC

Judah and Simeon Defeat Adoni-bezek at Bezek

Following the death of Joshua, the tribes of Judah and Simeon unite to clear their inheritance, encountering the Canaanites and Perizzites at Bezek; they strike down ten thousand men, capture King Adoni-bezek, and sever his thumbs and great toes; the humbled king confesses that God has justly repaid him for cutting off the thumbs and toes of seventy kings who once gathered crumbs under his table.

Chronology and Dating

Date: c. 1375 BC · Note: Occurred early in the era of the Judges as the tribes began subduing their allotted territories.

Scripture References

Judges 1:4-7

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