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    Adoni-zedek

    אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֫דֶק

    Adoni-zedek, the king of Jerusalem, formed an alliance with other Amorite kings to fight against Joshua and the Israelites but was defeated and killed.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Joshua 10:1
    last named
    Joshua 10:4
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Canaan

    Description

    Who was Adoni-zedek?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Adoni-zedek was the king of Jerusalem during the time of Joshua's conquest of Canaan. He is mentioned in Jos.10.1 and Jos.10.3 as one of the Amorite kings who opposed the Israelites' advance into the Promised Land.

    When Adoni-zedek heard that Joshua had captured Ai and destroyed it, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made a peace treaty with Israel, he became greatly alarmed. Gibeon was a significant city, and its alliance with Israel posed a threat to the other Amorite kings in the region.

    Adoni-zedek formed an alliance with four other Amorite kings: Hoham of Hebron, Piram of Jarmuth, Japhia of Lachish, and Debir of Eglon. Together, they attacked Gibeon to punish them for making peace with Israel (Jos.10.3-4).

    The Gibeonites sent word to Joshua, requesting help, and Joshua marched all night with his army to come to their aid. In the ensuing battle, the Lord threw the Amorite kings into confusion, and Israel defeated them with a great slaughter. The five kings fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah (Jos.10.5-16).

    Joshua commanded that the cave be sealed until the battle was finished. After the victory, he brought the five kings out of the cave, and the Israelite commanders put their feet on the kings' necks, symbolizing their complete defeat. Joshua then struck and killed the kings, hanging their bodies on trees until evening (Jos.10.17-27).

    The defeat of Adoni-zedek and the other Amorite kings was a significant victory for Israel, demonstrating God's power and faithfulness in giving them the Promised Land. It also served as a warning to the other Canaanite kings who would oppose Israel's advance.

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    How the graph connects Adoni-zedek4 of 4 entities the graph connects to Adoni-zedek, in one group: events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Debir1 event · 1 verseHoham1 event · 1 verseJaphia1 event · 1 versePiram1 event · 1 verseAdoni-zedek

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    Where the story of Adoni-zedek happensThe one place the claims about Adoni-zedek reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Adoni-zedek there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Adoni-zedek reach

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    1. Joshua2 verses

      10:110:3

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