Judges:1:1-8
rsv@Judges:1:1 @ After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the LORD,of "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"
rsv@Judges:1:2 @ The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."
rsv@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him.
rsv@Judges:1:4 @ Then Judah went up and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Per'izzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.
rsv@Judges:1:5 @ They came upon Ado'ni-be'zek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Per'izzites.
rsv@Judges:1:6 @ Ado'ni-be'zek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
rsv@Judges:1:7 @ And Ado'ni-be'zek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
rsv@Judges:1:8 @ And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
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