Jdg Judges, chapter Book of Judges, chapter 1
Jerusalem Is Captured
Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” Num 27:21; Jdg 20:18The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have handed the land over to him.” Gen 49:8Then Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me into 1:3 Lit my lotthe territory allotted me, and let’s fight the Canaanites; and 1:3 Lit I, even II in turn will go with you into 1:3 Lit your lotthe territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him. Deu 33:7Judah went up, and the Lord handed over to them the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they 1:4 Lit struck themdefeated ten thousand men at Bezek. 1Sa 11:8They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they 1:5 Lit struckdefeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him, and cut off his 1:6 Lit thumbs of his hands and his feetthumbs and big toes. 2Sa 4:12And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.Lev 24:20; Mat 7:2
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Jos 15:63; Jos 18:28Afterward, the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, and in the 1:9 I.e., South countryNegev, and in the lowland. So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron was previously Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.Jos 15:14
Capture of Other Cities
Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was previously Kiriath-sepher). Jos 12:13; Jos 15:15And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.” Jos 15:16Now Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife. 1Ch 4:13Then it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. Then later, she dismounted from 1:14 Lit theher donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What 1:14 Lit to you, an ancient idiomdo you want?” Jos 15:18She said to him, “Give me a blessing: since you have given me the land of the 1:15 I.e., South countryNegev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.Gen 33:11
Now the 1:16 Lit sonsdescendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people. 1Sa 15:6Then Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah. Deu 2:34; Num 14:45And Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 2Ki 1:2Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not 1:19 Or dispossessdrive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had iron chariots. Jos 17:16Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had 1:20 Lit spokenpromised; and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak. Num 14:24; Jos 14:13; Jos 15:13But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.Jos 15:63; Jos 18:28
Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. Jos 16:1The house of Joseph had men spy out Bethel (the name of the city previously was Luz). Gen 28:19And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will treat you kindly.” So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free. Jos 6:25Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, 1:26 Lit itwhich is its name to this day.Jos 16:2
Places Not Conquered
But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in this land. Jos 17:11; Jos 21:25; 1Sa 31:10And it came about, when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not drive them out completely.
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.Jos 16:10; Jos 21:21
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of 1:30 Perhaps same as NahalalNahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or of Rehob. Jos 15:44; Jos 19:29So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.
Then the Amorites 1:34 Lit pushedforced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; Jdg 18:1yet the Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres, in Aijalon and Shaalbim; but when the 1:35 Lit handpower of the house of Joseph 1:35 Lit was heavygrew strong, they became forced labor. Jos 19:42The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.