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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15493" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15493" /> == | ||
<p> 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 | <p> 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 . </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69627" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69627" /> == | ||
<p> '''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. </p> | <p> '''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. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64685" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64685" /> == | ||
