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pursued him
"chased him"
Seventy kings
"70 kings" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
who had their thumbs and their big toes cut off
This can be stated in active form. AT: "whose thumbs and big toes I told my men to cut off" or "whose thumbs and big toes we cut off" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
gathered their food from under my table
Forcing these kings to eat scraps of food represents all the ways that Adoni-Bezek humiliated these kings. Here "gathering" food represents eating it. AT: "ate scraps of food from under my table" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)