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Read Full Chapter (Judges 1) Judges 1:8 KJV
"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."
Judges 1:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
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And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
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But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
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And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.**
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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.
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¶ And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.*
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And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
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And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: