Judges 1
1 After Joshua's death, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which of us should go up first against the Canaanites to fight them?”
2 The LORD replied, “Judah shall go up. I have given the land into his hand.”
3 Judah said to Simeon, his brother, “Come up with me to my allotted portion, and we will fight against the Canaanites. Then I too will go with you to your allotted portion.” And Simeon went with him.
4 Judah went up, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them; they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek, fought against him, and struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him, captured him, and cut off the thumbs of his hands and the big toes of his feet.
7 Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 The people of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it with the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 Afterward the people of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, the Negev, and the Shephelah.
10 Judah went against the Canaanites living in Hebron—formerly Hebron was called Kiriath-arba—and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; formerly Debir was called Kiriath-sepher.
12 Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it.”
13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
14 When she arrived, she urged him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
15 She answered, “Grant me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water too.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah to the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev near Arad. They went and settled among the people.
17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck down the Canaanites living in Zephath. They devoted the city to destruction and named it Hormah.
18 Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.
19 The LORD was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country; but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had iron chariots.
20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
21 The Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem; the Jebusites have lived with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.
22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 The house of Joseph sent spies to Bethel; formerly the city's name was Luz.
24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
25 He showed them the entrance to the city; they struck the city with the sword, but let the man and all his family go.
26 The man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.
27 Manasseh did not drive out Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages. The Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
28 When Israel grew strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.
29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were subjected to forced labor.
31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, the inhabitants of Sidon, or those of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob.
32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were subjected to forced labor for them.
34 The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country, because they would not let them come down into the valley.
35 The Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalabbin; but the hand of the house of Joseph weighed heavily on them, and they were subjected to forced labor.
36 The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
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