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 go up for us against the Canaanites first , to fight against them ? * And the LORD said , Judah shall go up : behold , I have delivered the land into his hand . * And Judah said unto Simeon his brother , Come up with me into my lot , that we may fight against the Canaanites K @na #aniy #; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot . So Simeon went with him . * And Judah went up ; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men . * And they found Adonibezek #Adoniy-Bezeq # in Bezek : and they fought against him , and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites . * But Adonibezek #Adoniy-Bezeq # fled ; and they pursued after him , and caught him , and cut off his thumbs bohen # and his great toes . * And Adonibezek #Adoniy-Bezeq # said , Threescore and ten kings , having their thumbs bohen # and their great toes cut off , gathered their meat under my table : as I have done , so God hath requited me . And they brought him to Jerusalem , and there he died . * Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem , and had taken it , and smitten 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 K @na #aniy #, that dwelt in the mountain , and in the south , and in the valley . * And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba Qiryath :) and they slew Sheshai , and Ahiman , and Talmai . * And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher Qiryath : * And Caleb said , He that smiteth Kirjathsepher Qiryath , and taketh it , to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife . * And Othniel #Othniy #el # the son of Kenaz , Calebs younger brother , took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife . * And it came to pass , when she came to him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her , What wilt thou ? * And she said unto him , Give me a blessing : for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water . And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs . * And the children of the Kenite , Moses father in law , went up out of the city of palm trees #Iyr hat-T @mariym # with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah , which lieth in the south of Arad ; and they went and dwelt among the people . * And Judah went with Simeon his brother , and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it . And the name of the city was called Hormah . * Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof , and Askelon with the coast thereof , and Ekron with the coast thereof . * And the LORD was with Judah ; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain ; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley , because they had chariots of iron . * And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses said : and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak . * And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day . * And the house of Joseph , they also went up against Bethel Beyth -#El #: and the LORD was with them . * And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel Beyth -#El #. (Now the name of the city before was Luz . ) * And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city , and they said unto him , Shew us , we pray thee , the entrance into the city , and we will shew thee mercy . * And when he shewed them the entrance into the city , they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let go the man and all his family . * And the man went into the land of the Hittites , and built a city , and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day . * Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean Beythand her towns , nor Taanach and her towns , nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns , nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns , nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns : but the Canaanites would dwell in that land . * And it came to pass , when Israel was strong , that they put the Canaanites to tribute , and did not utterly drive them out . * Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them . * Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them , and became tributaries . * Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho , nor the inhabitants of Zidon , nor of Ahlab , nor of Achzib , nor of Helbah , nor of Aphik , nor of Rehob : * But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites K @na #aniy #, the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out . * Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh Beyth , nor the inhabitants of Bethanath Beyth ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites K @na #aniy #, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh Beythand of Bethanath Beythbecame tributaries unto them . * And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : * But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon , and in Shaalbim Sha #albiym #: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed , so that they became tributaries . * And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim Ma #aleh , from the rock , and upward ma #al #.

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