“1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of
Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the
Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah
shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And
Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we
may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into
thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD
delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they
slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adonibezek in
Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the
Perizzites. 6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and
caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adonibezek
said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes
cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God
hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken
it, and smitten 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 mountain, and in the south, and in the
valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron:
(now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai,
and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the
inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher:
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh 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 lighted from off [her] ass; and
Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a
blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; 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’ father in law, went up out of the
city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of
Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among
the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the
Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the
name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the
coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the
coast thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the
inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of
the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron
unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled 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 unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they
also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them. 23 And the
house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before
[was] Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and
they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city,
and we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance
into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they
let go the man 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] the name thereof unto this day. 27 Neither did Manasseh drive out
[the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam
and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel
was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly
drive them out. 29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that
dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Neither
did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of
Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, 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 Neither
did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the
inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and
of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced
the children of Dan into the mountain: 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 tributaries. 36 And the coast of the
Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and
upward.” (Judges 1:1-36 AV)
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