Judges:1

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* Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD , saying , "Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them ?" * And the LORD said , "Judah shall go up . Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand ." * So Judah said to Simeon his brother , "Come up with me to my allotted territory , that we may fight against the Canaanites ; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory ." And Simeon went with him . * Then Judah went up , and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand ; and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek . * And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek , and fought against him ; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites . * Then Adoni-Bezek fled , and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes . * And Adoni-Bezek said , "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table ; as I have done , so God has repaid me ." Then they brought him to Jerusalem , and there he died . * Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it ; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire . * And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains , in the South , and in the lowland . * Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron . (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba .) And they killed Sheshai , Ahiman , and Talmai . * From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir . (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher .) * Then Caleb said , "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it , to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife ." * And Othniel the son of Kenaz , Caleb 's younger brother , took it ; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife . * Now it happened , when she came to him , that she urged him to ask her father for a field . And she dismounted from her donkey , and Caleb said to her , "What do you wish ?" * So she said to him , "Give me a blessing ; since you have given me land in the South , give me also springs of water ." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs . * Now the children of the Kenite , Moses ' father-in-law , went up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah , which lies in the South near Arad ; and they went and dwelt among the people . * And Judah went with his brother Simeon , and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it . So the name of the city was called Hormah . * Also Judah took Gaza with its territory , Ashkelon with its territory , and Ekron with its territory . * So the LORD was with Judah . And they drove out the mountaineers , but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland , because they had chariots of iron . * And they gave Hebron to Caleb , as Moses had said . Then he expelled from there the three sons of Anak . * But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem ; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day . * And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel , and the LORD was with them . * So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel . (The name of the city was formerly Luz .) * And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city , they said to him , "Please show us the entrance to the city , and we will show you mercy ." * 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 . * And the man went to the land of the Hittites , built a city , and called its name Luz , which is its name to this day . * However , Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants 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 ; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land . * And it came to pass , when Israel was strong , that they put the Canaanites under tribute , but did not completely drive them out . * Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer ; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them . * Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol ; so the Canaanites dwelt among them , and were put under tribute . * Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon , or of Ahlab , Achzib , Helbah , Aphik , or Rehob . * So the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out . * Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath ; but they dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land . Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put under tribute to them . * And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains , for they would not allow them to come down to the valley ; * and the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres , in Aijalon , and in Shaalbim ; yet when the strength of the house of Joseph became greater , they were put under tribute . * Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim , from Sela , and upward .

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