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Judges 1:6-13 New Living Translation (NLT)

6. Adoni-bezek escaped, but the Israelites soon captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7. Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8. The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it, killing all its people and setting the city on fire.

9. Then they went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the western foothills.

10. Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11. From there they went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).

12. Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”

13. Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother, Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel’s wife.

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