Judges 1:7 Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me." So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there. (NASB ©1995)Leviticus 24:19 'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Adonibezek 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.their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--AElian informs us, that in after ages 'the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of AEgina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar.' It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children. gathered. or, gleaned. as I have Ex 21:23-25 Le 24:19-21 1Sa 15:33 Isa 33:1 Mt 7:1,2 Lu 6:37,38 Ro 2:15 Jas 2:13 Re 13:10 16:6 Concordance Entries Adoni-bezek Big Cut Died Gathered Jerusalem Kings Paid Picked Requited Scraps Seventy Table Thumbs Toes Jump to Previous Occurrence Adonibezek Adoni-Bezek Big Cut Died Jerusalem Kings Meat Requited Seventy Table Ten Threescore Thumbs Toes Jump to Next Occurrence Adonibezek Adoni-Bezek Big Cut Died Jerusalem Kings Meat Requited Seventy Table Ten Threescore Thumbs Toes New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
