He was the king who ruled Bezek. He was very cruel, cutting off the thumbs and big toes of the kings of the regions he conquered and making them crawl under his table.
The tribe of Judah attacked and captured him, and the tribe of Judah inflicted the same punishment.
Judges 1:4When Judah went up, the Lord gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.Judges 1:5They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.Judges 1:6Adoni-Bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.Judges 1:7Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.