Judges 1:5

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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KJV

And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

YLT

and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and smite the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

BSB

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

DBT

And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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And they found Adonibezek in Bezek,.... Who was king of, the place, and whose name signifies lord of Bezek; not that they took him there, for he is afterwards said to make his escape from thence, but here he was when they came against that city, and into which they rushed upon him, and fell upon him as follows: and they fought against him; entering the city with their forces: and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites: that were in it, or about it, even to the number of ten thousand, as before related, Jdg 1:4.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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And they found Adoni-bezek - The word מצא matsa, he found, is used to express a hostile encounter between two parties; to attack, surprise, etc. This is probably its meaning here. Adoni-bezek is literally the lord of Bezek. It is very probable that the different Canaanitish tribes were governed by a sort of chieftains, similar to those among the clans of the ancient Scottish Highlanders. Bezek is said by some to have been in the tribe of Judah. Eusebius and St. Jerome mention two villages of this name, not in the tribe of Judah, but about seventeen miles from Shechem.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Adoni-bezek - The Lord or king of Bezek; as his name signifies. In Bezek - Whither he fled when he lost the field. Against him - That is, against the city wherein he had encamped himself, and the rest of his army.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy