ASV_Strong : Judges 1
1. And it came to pass after[H310] the death[H4194] of Joshua[H3091], that the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] asked[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Who shall go up[H5927] for us first[H8462] against the Canaanites[H3669], to fight against them[H3898]?
2. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], Judah[H3063] shall go up[H5927]: behold[H5414], I have delivered the land[H776] into his hand[H3027].
3. And Judah[H3063] said[H559] unto Simeon[H8095] his brother[H251], Come up[H5927] with me into my lot[H1486], that we may fight[H3898] against the Canaanites[H3669]; and I likewise will go[H1980] with thee into thy lot[H1486]. So Simeon[H8095] went with him[H3212].
4. And Judah[H3063] went up[H5927]; and Jehovah[H3068] delivered[H5414] the Canaanites[H3669] and the Perizzites[H6522] into their hand[H3027]: and they smote[H5221] of them in Bezek[H966] ten[H6235] thousand[H505] men[H376].
5. And they found[H4672] Adoni-bezek[H137] in Bezek[H966]; and they fought[H3898] against him[H5221], and they smote the Canaanites[H3669] and the Perizzites[H6522].
6. But Adoni-bezek[H137] fled[H5127]; and they pursued[H7291] after[H310] him[H270], and caught him[H7112], and cut off his thumbs[H931] and his great toes[H7272].
7. And Adoni-bezek[H137] said[H559], Threescore and ten[H7657] kings[H4428], having their thumbs[H931] and their great toes[H7272] cut off[H7112], gathered[H3950] their food under my table[H7979]: as I have done[H6213], so God[H430] hath requited[H7999] me[H935]. And they brought him to Jerusalem[H3389], and he died there[H4191].
8. And the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] fought[H3898] against Jerusalem[H3389], and took[H3920] it[H5221], and smote it with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], and set[H7971] the city[H5892] on fire[H784].
9. And afterward[H310] the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] went down[H3381] to fight[H3898] against the Canaanites[H3669] that dwelt[H3427] in the hill-country[H2022], and in the South[H5045], and in the lowland[H8219].
10. And Judah[H3063] went[H3212] against the Canaanites[H3669] that dwelt[H3427] in Hebron[H2275] (now the name[H8034] of Hebron[H2275] beforetime[H6440] was Kiriath-arba[H7153]); and they smote[H5221] Sheshai[H8344], and Ahiman[H289], and Talmai[H8526].
11. And from thence he went[H3212] against the inhabitants[H3427] of Debir[H1688]. (Now the name[H8034] of Debir[H1688] beforetime[H6440] was Kiriath-sepher[H7158].)
12. And Caleb[H3612] said[H559], He that smiteth[H5221] Kiriath-sepher[H7158], and taketh[H3920] it[H5414], to him will I give Achsah[H5915] my daughter[H1323] to wife[H802].
13. And Othniel[H6274] the son[H1121] of Kenaz[H7073], Caleb[H3612]'s younger[H6996] brother[H251], took[H3920] it[H5414]: and he gave him Achsah[H5915] his daughter[H1323] to wife[H802].
14. And it came to pass[H935], when she came unto him[H5496], that she moved him to ask[H7592] of her father[H1] a field[H7704]: and she alighted[H6795] from off her ass[H2543]; and Caleb[H3612] said unto her[H559], What wouldest thou?
15. And she said[H559] unto him[H3051], Give me a blessing[H1293]; for that thou hast set[H5414] me in the land[H776] of the South[H5045], give[H5414] me also springs[H1543] of water[H4325]. And Caleb[H3612] gave[H5414] her the upper[H5942] springs[H1543] and the nether[H8482] springs[H1543].
16. And the children[H1121] of the Kenite[H7017], Moses[H4872]' brother-in[H2859]-law, went up[H5927] out of the city[H5892] of palm-trees[H8558] with the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] into the wilderness[H4057] of Judah[H3063], which is in the south[H5045] of Arad[H6166]; and they went[H3212] and dwelt[H3427] with[H854] the people[H5971].
17. And Judah[H3063] went[H3212] with Simeon[H8095] his brother[H251], and they smote[H5221] the Canaanites[H3669] that inhabited[H3427] Zephath[H6857], and utterly destroyed[H2763] it[H8034]. And the name of the city[H5892] was called[H7121] Hormah[H2767].
18. Also Judah[H3063] took[H3920] Gaza[H5804] with the border[H1366] thereof[H831], and Ashkelon with the border[H1366] thereof[H6138], and Ekron with the border thereof[H1366].
19. And Jehovah[H3068] was with Judah[H3063]; and drove out[H3423] the inhabitants of the hill-country[H2022]; for he could not[H3808] drive out[H3423] the inhabitants[H3427] of the valley[H6010], because they had chariots[H7393] of iron[H1270].
20. And they gave[H5414] Hebron[H2275] unto Caleb[H3612], as Moses[H4872] had spoken[H1696]: and he drove[H3423] out thence the three[H7969] sons[H1121] of Anak[H6061].
21. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] did not drive out[H3423] the Jebusites[H2983] that inhabited[H3427] Jerusalem[H3389]; but the Jebusites[H2983] dwell[H3427] with the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] in Jerusalem[H3389] unto this day[H3117].
22. And the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130], they also went up[H5927] against Beth-el[H1008]; and Jehovah was with them[H3068].
23. And the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130] sent to spy[H8446] out Beth-el[H1008]. (Now the name[H8034] of the city[H5892] beforetime[H6440] was Luz[H3870].)
24. And the watchers[H8104] saw[H7200] a man[H376] come forth[H3318] out of the city[H5892], and they said[H559] unto him[H7200], Show us[H3996], we pray thee, the entrance into the city[H5892], and we will deal[H6213] kindly with thee[H2617].
25. And he showed[H7200] them the entrance[H3996] into the city[H5892]; and they smote[H5221] the city[H5892] with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]; but they let the man[H376] go[H7971] and all his family[H4940].
26. And the man[H376] went[H3212] into the land[H776] of the Hittites[H2850], and built[H1129] a city[H5892], and called[H7121] the name[H8034] thereof Luz[H3870], which is the name[H8034] thereof unto this day[H3117].
27. And Manasseh[H4519] did not drive out[H3423] the inhabitants of Beth-shean[H1052] and its towns[H1323], nor of Taanach[H8590] and its towns[H1323], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Dor[H1756] and its towns[H1323], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Ibleam[H2991] and its towns[H1323], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Megiddo[H4023] and its towns[H1323]; but the Canaanites[H3669] would[H2974] dwell[H3427] in that land[H776].
28. And it came to pass[H3478], when Israel was waxed strong[H2388], that they put[H7760] the Canaanites[H3669] to taskwork[H4522], and did not utterly[H3423] drive them out[H3423].
29. And Ephraim[H669] drove not out[H3423] the Canaanites[H3669] that dwelt[H3427] in Gezer[H1507]; but the Canaanites[H3669] dwelt[H3427] in Gezer[H1507] among them[H7130].
30. Zebulun[H2074] drove not out[H3423] the inhabitants[H3427] of Kitron[H7003], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Nahalol[H5096]; but the Canaanites[H3669] dwelt[H3427] among[H7130] them[H4522], and became subject to taskwork.
31. Asher[H836] drove not out[H3423] the inhabitants[H3427] of Acco[H5910], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Sidon[H6721], nor of Ahlab[H303], nor of Achzib[H392], nor of Helbah[H2462], nor of Aphik[H663], nor of Rehob[H7340];
32. but the Asherites[H843] dwelt[H3427] among[H7130] the Canaanites[H3669], the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776]; for they did not drive them out[H3423].
33. Naphtali[H5321] drove not out[H3423] the inhabitants[H3427] of Beth-shemesh[H1053], nor the inhabitants[H3427] of Beth-anath[H1043]; but he dwelt[H3427] among[H7130] the Canaanites[H3669], the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776]: nevertheless the inhabitants[H3427] of Beth-shemesh[H1053] and of Beth-anath[H1043] became subject to taskwork[H4522].
34. And the Amorites[H567] forced[H3905] the children[H1121] of Dan[H1835] into the hill-country[H2022]; for they would not suffer[H5414] them to come down[H3381] to the valley[H6010];
35. but the Amorites[H567] would[H2974] dwell[H3427] in mount[H2022] Heres[H2776], in Aijalon[H357], and in Shaalbim[H8169]: yet the hand[H3027] of the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130] prevailed[H3513], so that they became subject to taskwork[H4522].
36. And the border[H1366] of the Amorites[H567] was from the ascent[H4608] of Akrabbim[H4610], from the rock[H5553], and upward[H4605].
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