Discovery BoxJudges 1:7 
Context1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up 1 food scraps 2 under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” 3 They brought him to Jerusalem, 4 where he died.
Judges 8:5
Context8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give 5 some loaves of bread to the men 6 who are following me, 7 because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:18
Context8:18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me 8 the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” 9
Judges 8:26
Context8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. 10 This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, 11 purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. 12
1 tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.
2 tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
3 tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Or perhaps, “sell.”
6 tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.
7 tn Heb “who are at my feet.”
8 tn Heb “Where are?”
9 tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.”
10 sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.
11 tn Or “pendants.”
12 tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”
