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* And it came to pass after the death of Joshua , that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh , saying , Who will go up for us first against the Canaanites , to fight against them ? * And Yahweh said , Judah will go up : look , I have delivered the land into his hand . * And Judah said to Simeon his brother , Come up with me into my lot , that we may fight against the Canaanites ; and I likewise will go with you into your lot . So Simeon went with him . * And Judah went up ; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men . * And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek ; and they fought against him , and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites . * But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they pursued after him , and caught him , and cut off his thumbs and his great toes . * And Adoni-bezek said , Seventy kings , having their thumbs and their great toes cut off , gathered [their food ] under my table : as I have done , so God has repaid me . And they brought him to Jerusalem , and he died there . * And the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem , and took it , and struck it with the edge of the sword , and set the city on fire . * And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country , and in the South , and in the lowland . * And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba ); and they struck Sheshai , and Ahiman , and Talmai . * And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir . (Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher .) * And Caleb said , He who strikes Kiriath-sepher , and takes it , to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife . * And Othniel the son of Kenaz , Caleb 's younger brother , took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife . * And it came to pass , when she came [to him ], that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she dismounted from off her donkey ; and Caleb said to her , What do you want ? * And she said to him , Give me a blessing ; for that you have set me in the land of the South , give me also springs of water . And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs . * And the sons of the Kenite , Moses ' father-in-law , went up out of the city of palm-trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah , which is in the Negeb of Arad ; and Amalek went and dwelt with them . * And Judah went with Simeon his brother , and they struck the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and completely destroyed it . And the name of the city was called Hormah . * Also Judah took Gaza with its border , and Ashkelon with its border , and Ekron with its border . * And Yahweh was with Judah ; and drove out [the inhabitants of ] the hill-country ; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley , because they had chariots of iron . * And they gave Hebron to Caleb , as Moses had spoken : and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak . * And the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day . * And the house of Joseph , they also went up against Beth-el ; and Yahweh was with them . * And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el . (Now the name of the city formerly was Luz .) * And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city , and they said to him , Show us , we pray you , the entrance into the city , and we will deal kindly with you . * And he showed them the entrance into the city ; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let the man go and all his family . * And the man went into the land of the Hittites , and built a city , and called its name Luz , which is its name to this day . * And Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of ] Beth-shean and its towns , nor [of ] Taanach and its towns , nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns , nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns , nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns ; but the Canaanites determined to dwell in that land . * And it came to pass , when Israel was waxed strong , that they put the Canaanites to slave labor , and did not completely drive them out . * And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them . * Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them , and became subject to slave labor . * Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco , nor the inhabitants of Sidon , nor of Ahlab , nor of Achzib , nor of Helbah , nor of Aphik , nor of Rehob ; * but the Asherites dwelt 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 , nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to slave labor . * And the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill-country ; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley ; * but the Amorites determined to dwell in mount Heres , in Aijalon , and in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed , so that they became subject to slave labor . * And the border of the Amorites was the Edomites , from the ascent of Akrabbim , from the rock , and upward .

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