Adonibezek

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Lord of Bezek, a Canaanite tyrant of Bezek, east of Shechem. Having taken seventy of the neighboring petty chiefs, he disabled them by cutting off their thumbs and great toes, and fed them like dogs. The same barbarous treatment was meted out to him, when defeated at the head of an army of Canaanites and Perizzites, by Judah and Simeon,  Judges 1:4-7 .

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Adonibezek ( A-Dô'Nî-Bç'Zek or A-Dŏn'I-Bç'-Zek ), Lord Of Bezek. The king of Bezek, conquered by the tribe of Judah. He had his thumbs and great toes cut off, having himself inflicted the same punishment on 70 chiefs.  Judges 1:4-7.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

[Adoni-be'zek] King of Bezek, as the name implies, a Canaanitish city. He was taken captive by Judah, and they cut off his thumbs and great toes. He confessed that this was a righteous judgement upon him, because he had done the same to seventy kings, whom he made to gather their food under his table.  Judges 1:5-7 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Judges 1:4-7 1 Samuel 15:33

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Adonibe´zek (lord of Bezek), king or lord of Bezek, a town which Eusebius places 17 miles east of Neapolis or Shechem. The small extent of the kingdoms in and around Palestine at the time of its invasion by the Hebrews is shown by the fact that this petty king had subdued no less than seventy of them; and the barbarity of the war-usages in those early times is painfully shown by his cutting off all the thumbs and great toes of his prisoners, and allowing them no food but that which they gathered under his table. These conquests made Adonibezek 'a triton among the minnows;' and we find him at the head of the confederated Canaanites and Perizzites, against whom the tribes of Judah and Simeon marched after the death of Joshua. His army was routed and himself taken prisoner. The victors failed not to express their indignation at the mode in which he had treated his captives, by dealing with him in the same manner.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - dō - nı̄ - bē´zek ( אדניבזק , 'ădhōnı̄bhezeḳ "lord of Bezek"): Lord of a town, Bezek, in southern Palestine, whom the tribes of Judah and Simeon overthrew. Adonibezek fled when his men were defeated, but was captured, and was punished for his cruelty in cutting off the thumbs and great toes of seventy kings by a similar mutilation. Being brought to Jerusalem, he died there ( Judges 1:5-7 ). This not to be confused with Adonizedek, as in the Septuagint. This is quite another name.