‏ Judges 1

CHAPTER 1

Israel Wars with the Canaanites

1And it came to pass after the decease of Joshua, that [⁴asked ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] in the lord, saying, Who shall ascend with us against the Canaanite guiding   to wage war against them. 2And the lord said, Judah shall ascend; behold, I have put the land in his hand. 3And Judah said to Simeon   his brother, Ascend with me unto   my lot, for we should wage war with the Canaanite, and I shall go also with you unto   your lot. And [²went ³with ⁴him ¹Simeon]. 4And Judah ascended. And the lord gave the Canaanite and the Perizzite into his hand; and they struck them in Bezek -- ten thousand men. 5And they found   Adoni-bezek in Bezek. And they waged war with him, and they struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite. 6And Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off the thumbs   of his hands, and the big toes   of his feet. 7And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings the thumbs   of their hands, and the big toes   of their feet being cut off were collected together   underneath   my table. As then I did, so [²recompensed ³to me   ¹God]. And they led him unto Jerusalem, and he died there. 8And [⁴waged war ¹the ²sons ³of Judah] with Jerusalem, and overtook it, and struck it by the mouth of the broadsword, and the city they burnt with fire. 9And after these things  [⁴went down ¹the ²sons ³of Judah] to wage war with the Canaanite   dwelling the mountainous area, and the south, and the plain country. 10And Judah went to the Canaanite   dwelling in Hebron; and the name Hebron was   formerly Kirjath-arba. And they struck   Sheshai, and Ahiman, and   Talmai, offspring of the Anak. 11And they went from there to the ones dwelling in Debir; and the name   Debir was formerly Kirjath-sepher -- City of Letters. 12And Caleb said, Who ever should strike the City   of Letters, and be first to take it, I will give to him   Achsah my daughter for a wife. 13And first to take it was Othniel son of Kenaz, [³brother ⁴of Caleb ¹the ²younger]. And he gave to him   Achsah his daughter for a wife. 14And it came to pass in   her entering, that he stirred her   to ask for [²from   ³her father ¹a field]. And she grumbled upon   her beast of burden. And [²said ³to her ¹Caleb], What is it with you? 15And [²said ³to him ¹Achsah], Give indeed to me a blessing, for into the land of the south you have handed me over, and you shall give to me a ransoming of water. And [²gave ³to her ¹Caleb] the ransom of the elevated springs, and the ransom of the ones below. 16And the sons of Jothor the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, ascended from out of the city of the palms to the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, the one being in the south upon the descent of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. 17And Judah went with Simeon   his brother, and they struck the Canaanite   dwelling in Zephath, and they devoted it to consumption, and utterly destroyed it. And they called the name of the city, Devastation. 18And Judah inherited   Gaza and   her border; and   Ekron and   her border, and   Ashkelon and   her border and   Ashdod and   her outskirts. 19And the lord was with Judah; and he inherited the mountain, for he was not able to inherit the ones dwelling in the valley, for it was separated to them, and there were chariots of iron to them. 20And they gave [²to  ³Caleb   ¹Hebron], as Moses spoke. And he removed there the three sons of Anak. 21And [⁵the ⁶Jebusite   ⁷dwelling ⁸Jerusalem ⁴did not remove ¹the ²sons ³of Benjamin]. And [³dwelt ¹the ²Jebusite] with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until   this day. 22And [⁴ascended ¹the ²sons ³of Joseph], and indeed they went into Beth-el, and the lord  was with them. 23And they camped, and surveyed Beth-el; and the name of the city was formerly Luz. 24And [³beheld ¹the ²ones keeping guard] a man going forth from out of the city, and they took him, and they said to him, Show to us the entrance of the city, and we will deal [²with ³you ¹mercifully]. 25And he showed to them the entrance of the city; and they struck the city by the mouth of the broadsword; but the man and   his kin they sent out. 26And [³went forth ¹the ²man] into the land of the Hittite, and he built there a city, and he called the name of it, Luz; this is its name until   this day. 27And [²did not ³remove ¹Manasseh]   Beth-shean nor   its daughter towns, nor Taanach and   her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling in Dor and   her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling Megiddo and   her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling Ibleam nor   her daughter towns. And [³began ¹the ²Canaanite] to dwell in   this land. 28And it came to pass when Israel grew in strength, that he established the Canaanite for tribute, but by removing he did not remove him. 29And Ephraim did not remove the Canaanite   dwelling in Gezer; and [³dwelt ¹the ²Canaanite] in the midst of him in Gezer. 30And Zebulun did not remove the ones dwelling in Kitron, and the ones dwelling Nahalol. And [³dwelt ¹the ²Canaanite] in the midst of them, and it became for tribute. 31And Asher did not remove the ones dwelling Accho, and the ones dwelling Sidon, and the ones dwelling Ahlab, and   Achzib, and   Helbah, and   Aphik, and   Rehob. 32And Asher dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite   dwelling in the land; for he was not able to remove him. 33And Naphtali did not remove the ones dwelling in Beth-shemesh, and the ones dwelling in Beth-anath. And Naphtali dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite   dwelling in the land. But the ones dwelling in Beth-shemesh and   in Beth-anath became to them for tribute. 34And [³squeezed out ¹the ²Amorite] the sons of Dan into the mountain; for they did not let him go down into the valley. 35And [³began ¹the ²Amorite] to dwell in   mount   Heres of which the bears and the foxes are; and [⁵was oppressive ¹the ²hand ³of the house ⁴of Joseph] upon the Amorite, and he became for tribute. 36And the border of the Amorite was from the ascending of Akrabbim, from the rock, and above.