Judges:1

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* And it came to pass after the death of Joshua , that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord , saying , Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites , to fight against them ? * And the Lord said , Judas shall go up : behold , I have delivered the land into his hand . * And Judas said to his brother Symeon , Come up with me into my lot , and let us array ourselves against the Chananites , and I also will go with thee into thy lot : and Symeon went with him . * And Judas went up ; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands , and they smote them in Bezek to the number of ten thousand men . * And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek , and fought against him ; and they smote the Chananite and the Pherezite . * And Adonibezek fled , and they pursued after him , and took him , and cut off his thumbs and his great toes . * And Adonibezek said , Seventy kings , having their thumbs and their great toes cut off , gathered their food under my table : as I therefore have done , so God has recompensed me : and they (note :)Gr . bring (:note ) brought him to Jerusalem , and he died there . * And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem , and took it , and smote with the edge of the sword , and they burnt the city with fire . * And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country , and the south , and the plain country . * And Judas went to the Chananite who dwelt in Chebron ; and Chebron came out against him ; and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher : and they smote Sessi , and Achiman , and Tholmi , children of Enac . * And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir ; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher , the city of Letters . * And Chaleb said , Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters , and shall first take it , I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife . * And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it ; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife . * And it came to pass as she went in , that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father ; and she murmured and cried from off her ass , Thou hast sent me forth into a south land : and Chaleb said to her , (note :)Or , What ails thee (:note ) What is thy request ? * And Ascha said to him , Give me , I pray thee , a blessing , for thou hast sent me forth into a south land , and thou shalt give me the ransom of water : and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper springs and the ransom of the low springs . * And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas , to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda , which is at the descent of Arad , and they dwelt with the people . * And Judas went with Symeon his brother , and smote the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth , and they utterly destroyed them ; and they called the name of the city Anathema . * But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts , nor Ascalon nor her coasts , nor Accaron nor her coasts , nor Azotus nor the lands around it . * And the Lord was with Judas , and he inherited the mountain ; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley , for (note :)Hebrews . they had chariots of iron (:note ) Rechab prevented them . * And they gave Chebron to Chaleb , as Moses said ; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac . * But the children of Benjamin did not (note :)Gr . inherit (:note ) take the inheritance of the Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem ; and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day . * And the sons of Joseph , they also went up to Baethel ; and the Lord was with them . * And they encamped and surveyed Baethel : and the name of the city before was Luza . * And the spies looked , and behold , a man went out of the city , and they took him ; and they said to him , Shew us the way into the city , and we will deal mercifully with thee . * And he shewed them the way into the city ; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let go the man and his family . * And the man went into the land of Chettin , and built there a city , and called the name of it Luza ; this is its name until this day . * And Manasse did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsan , which is a city of Scythians , nor her (note :)Gr . daughters (:note ) towns , nor her suburbs ; nor Thanac , nor her towns ; nor the inhabitants of Dor , nor her suburbs , nor her towns ; nor the inhabitant of Balac , nor her suburbs , nor her towns ; nor the inhabitants of Magedo , nor her suburbs , nor her towns ; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam , nor her suburbs , nor her towns ; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land . * And it came to pass when Israel was strong , that he made the Chananite tributary , but did not utterly drive them out . * And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that dwelt in Gazer ; and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of him in Gazer , and became tributary . * And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron , nor the inhabitants of Domana : and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of them , and became tributary to (note :)Gr . him , sc . Zabulon (:note ) them . * And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho , and that people became tributary to him , nor the inhabitants of Dor , nor the inhabitants of Sidon , nor the inhabitants of Dalaph , nor Aschazi , nor Chebda , nor Nai , nor Ereo . * And Aser dwelt in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land , for he could not drive him out . * And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys , nor the inhabitants of Baethanach ; and Nephthali dwelt in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land : but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them . * And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains , for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley . * And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells , in which are bears , and foxes , in Myrsinon , and in Thalabin ; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite , and he became tributary to them . * And the border of the Amorite was from the going up of Acrabin , from the rock and upwards .

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