Judges 1:7

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7 H137 And Adonibezek H559 [H8799] said H7657 , seventy H4428 kings H931 H3027 , having their thumbs H7272 and their great toes H7112 [H8794] cut off H3950 [H8764] , gathered H7979 their food under my table H6213 [H8804] : as I have done H430 , so God H7999 [H8765] hath repaid H935 [H8686] me. And they brought H3389 him to Jerusalem H4191 [H8799] , and there he died.

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their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of theirfeet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--\u65533 lian 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 \u65533 gina 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.
Exodus 21:23-25; Leviticus 24:19-21; 1 Samuel 15:33; Isaiah 33:1; Matthew 7:1; Matthew 7:2
Luke 6:37; Luke 6:38; Romans 2:15; James 2:13; Revelation 13:10; Revelation 16:6