Now it came about after
the death
of Joshua
that the sons
of Israel
ainquired
of the LORD
, saying
, "Who
shall go
up first
for us bagainst
the Canaanites
, to fight
against them?"
The LORD said
, " aJudah
shall go
up; behold
, I have given
the land
into his hand
."
Then Judah said
to Simeon
his brother
, "Come
up with me into 1the territory
allotted
me, that we may fight
against the Canaanites
; and 2I in turn
will go
with you into 3the territory
allotted
you." So Simeon
went
with him.
Judah went
up, and athe LORD
gave
the Canaanites
and the Perizzites
into their hands
, and they 1defeated
ten
thousand
men
at Bezek
.
They found Adoni-bezek
in Bezek
and fought
against him, and they 1defeated
the Canaanites
and the Perizzites
.
But Adoni-bezek fled
; and they pursued
him and caught
him and cut
off
his 1thumbs
and big
toes
.
Adoni-bezek said
, "Seventy
kings
with their thumbs
and their big
toes
cut
off
used to gather
up scraps under
my table
; aas I have done
, so
God
has repaid
me." So they brought
him to Jerusalem
and he died
there
.
Then the sons of Judah
fought
against aJerusalem
and captured
it and struck
it with the edge
of the sword
and set
the city
on fire
.
Afterward the sons
of Judah
went
down
to fight
against the Canaanites
living
in the hill
country
and in the 1Negev
and in the lowland
.
aSo Judah went
against
the Canaanites
who lived
in Hebron
(now the name
of Hebron
formerly
was Kiriath-arba
); and they struck
Sheshai
and Ahiman
and Talmai
.
Then afrom there he went
against
the inhabitants
of Debir
(now the name
of Debir
formerly
was Kiriath-sepher
).
And Caleb said
, "The one who
attacks
Kiriath-sepher
and captures
it, I will even give
him my daughter
Achsah
for a wife
."
aOthniel the son
of Kenaz
, Caleb's
younger
brother
, captured
it; so he gave
him his daughter
Achsah
for a wife
.
Then ait came about when she came
to him, that she persuaded
him to ask
her father
for a field
. Then she alighted
from 1her donkey
, and Caleb
said
to her, "What
2do you want?"
She said to him, "Give
me a blessing
, since
you have given
me the land
of the 1Negev
, give
me also springs
of water
." So Caleb
gave
her the upper
springs
and the lower
springs
.
The 1descendants of athe Kenite
, Moses'
father-in-law
, went
up from the bcity
of palms
with the sons
of Judah
, to the wilderness
of Judah
which
is in the south
of cArad
; and they went
and lived
with the people
.
Then Judah went
with Simeon
his brother
, and they struck
the Canaanites
living
in Zephath
, and utterly
destroyed
it. So the name
of the city
was called
aHormah
.
And Judah took
aGaza
with its territory
and Ashkelon
with its territory
and Ekron
with its territory
.
Now the LORD was with Judah
, and they took
possession
of the hill
country
; but they could not 1drive
out the inhabitants
of the valley
because
they had airon
chariots
.
Then they gave Hebron
to Caleb
, aas Moses
had 1promised
; and he drove
out from there
bthe three
sons
of Anak
.
aBut the sons of Benjamin
did not drive
out the bJebusites
who lived
in Jerusalem
; so the Jebusites
have lived
with the sons
of Benjamin
in Jerusalem
to this
day
.
Likewise the house of Joseph
went
up against Bethel
, and the LORD
was with them.
The house of Joseph
spied
out Bethel
( anow the name
of the city
was formerly
Luz
).
The spies saw
a man
coming
out of the city
and they said
to him, "Please
show
us the entrance
to the city
and awe will treat
you kindly
."
So he showed them the entrance
to the city
, and they struck
the city
with the edge
of the sword
, abut they let
the man
and all
his family
go
free
.
The man went
into the land
of the Hittites
and built
a city
and named
it Luz
1which
is its name
to this
day
.
aBut Manasseh did not take
possession
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
; so bthe Canaanites
persisted
in living
in that land
.
It came about when
Israel
became
strong
, that they put
the Canaanites
to forced
labor
, but they did not drive
them out completely
.
aEphraim did not drive
out the Canaanites
who were living
in Gezer
; so the Canaanites
lived
in Gezer
among
them.
Zebulun did not drive
out the inhabitants
of Kitron
, or the inhabitants
of 1Nahalol
; so the Canaanites
lived
among
them and became
subject to forced
labor
.
Asher did not drive
out the inhabitants
of Acco
, or the inhabitants
of Sidon
, or of Ahlab
, or of Achzib
, or of Helbah
, or of Aphik
, or of Rehob
.
So the Asherites lived
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
, or the inhabitants
of Beth-anath
, but lived
among
the Canaanites
, the inhabitants
of the land
; and the inhabitants
of Beth-shemesh
and Beth-anath
became
forced
labor
for them.
Then the Amorites 1forced
the sons
of Dan
into the hill
country
, for they did not allow
them to come
down
to the valley
;
yet the Amorites persisted
in 1living
in Mount
Heres
, in Aijalon
and in Shaalbim
; but when the 2power
of the house
of Joseph
3grew
strong
, they became
forced
labor
.
The border of the Amorites
ran from the aascent
of Akrabbim
, from Sela
and upward
.