Judg 1
1
And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of
YHWH, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against
them?
2
And YHWH said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3
And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight
against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went
with him.
4
And Judah went up; and YHWH delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their
hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the
Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his
thumbs and his great toes.
7
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great
toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God has requited
me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8
And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with
the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that
dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron
beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11
And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime
was Kiriath-sepher.)
12
And Caleb said, He who smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah
my daughter to wife.
13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb`s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah
his daughter to wife.
14
And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father
a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What would you?
15
And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the
South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the
nether springs.
16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses` brother-in-law, went up out of the city of
palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the
south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited
Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
18
Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border,
and Ekron with its border.
19
And YHWH was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of] the hill-country; for
he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of
iron.
20
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three
sons of Anak.
21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem;
but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and YHWH was with them.
23
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime
was Luz.)
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And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show
us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
25
And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge
of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name
thereof Luz, which is its name to this day.
27
And Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor
[of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants
of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land.
28
And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to
taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
29
And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt
in Gezer among them.
30
Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but
the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.
31
Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of
Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
32
but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they
did not drive them out.
33
Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath;
but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants
of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.
34
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would
not suffer them to come down to the valley;
35
but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the
hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.
36
And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and
upward.