The Meaning of Judges 1:5 Explained

Judges 1:5

KJV: And they found Adonibezek 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.

Darby: They came upon Ado'ni-be'zek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Per'izzites.

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

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What is the context of Judges 1:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Judges 1:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 1:1-15 - Renewing The Conquest

The land had been given. There could be no doubt about that. In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: "Unto thy seed have I given this land." See Genesis 15:18. It had also been conquered and divided by lot, as we learn in Joshua 14:1-5. The portion of Judah is specified in Joshua 15:1-63. But notwithstanding all, each tribe had to possess its own, first by the sword, and ultimately by the plow and the spade.

It is not enough to be assured that "we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus." We must possess our possessions. By faith, and patience, and daily use, we must appropriate the resources which are stored up in Christ Jesus. See Obadiah 1:17; Ephesians 1:3. Let us not be content with the nether springs of ordinary experience, but let us seek the upper springs that arise hard by the throne of God!

"Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,

As the swift seasons roll!"¦

Till thou at length art free,

Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 1

¹ The acts of Judah and Simeon
⁴ Adonibezek justly requited
⁸ Jerusalem taken
¹⁰ Hebron taken
¹¹ Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir
¹⁶ The Kenites dwell in Judah
¹⁷ Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken
²¹ The acts of Benjamin
²² Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel
³⁰ Of Zebulun
³¹ Of Asher
³³ Of Naphtali
³⁴ Of Dan

What do the individual words in Judges 1:5 mean?

And they found - - Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him and they defeated the Canaanite and the Perizzites

וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־ אֲדֹנִ֥י בֶ֙זֶק֙ בְּבֶ֔זֶק וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ בּ֑וֹ וַיַּכּ֕וּ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וְאֶת־ הַפְּרִזִּֽי

וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ	And they found
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲדֹנִ֥י	-
Parse:
בֶ֙זֶק֙	Adoni-bezek
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק Sense: king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites.
בְּבֶ֔זֶק	in Bezek
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: בֶּזֶק Sense: the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul.
וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ	and fought
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
בּ֑וֹ	against him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
וַיַּכּ֕וּ	and they defeated
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י	the Canaanite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: כִּנְעָן Sense: descendant of inhabitant of Canaan n.
הַפְּרִזִּֽי	the Perizzites
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פְּרִזִּי Sense: a people who inhabited southern Canaan prior to the conquest.

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