Judges 1
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.
