1:1 After
the
death
of
Joshua,
the
people
of
Israel
inquired
of
the
LORD,
"Who
shall
go
up
first
for
us
against
the
Canaanites,
to
fight
against
them"
1:2 The
LORD
said,
"Judah
shall
go
up;
behold,
I
have
given
the
land
into
his
hand."
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.
1:4 Then
Judah
went
up
and
the
LORD
gave
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
into
their
hand,
and
they
defeated
10,000
of
them
at
Bezek.
1:5 They
found
Adoni-bezek
at
Bezek
and
fought
against
him
and
defeated
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
1:6 Adoni-bezek
fled,
but
they
pursued
him
and
caught
him
and
cut
off
his
thumbs
and
his
big
toes.
1:7 And
Adoni-bezek
said,
"Seventy
kings
with
their
thumbs
and
their
big
toes
cut
off
used
to
pick
up
scraps
under
my
table.
As
I
have
done,
so
God
has
repaid
me."
And
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
he
died
there.
1:8 And
the
men
of
Judah
fought
against
Jerusalem
and
captured
it
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
and
set
the
city
on
fire.
1:9 And
afterward
the
men
of
Judah
went
down
to
fight
against
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
the
hill
country,
in
the
Negeb,
and
in
the
lowland.
1:10 And
Judah
went
against
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
Hebron
(now
the
name
of
Hebron
was
formerly
Kiriath-arba),
and
they
defeated
Sheshai
and
Ahiman
and
Talmai.
1:11 From
there
they
went
against
the
inhabitants
of
Debir.
The
name
of
Debir
was
formerly
Kiriath-sepher.
1:12 And
Caleb
said,
"He
who
attacks
Kiriath-sepher
and
captures
it,
I
will
give
him
Achsah
my
daughter
for
a
wife."
1:13 And
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb's
younger
brother,
captured
it.
And
he
gave
him
Achsah
his
daughter
for
a
wife.
1:14 When
she
came
to
him,
she
urged
him
to
ask
her
father
for
a
field.
And
she
dismounted
from
her
donkey,
and
Caleb
said
to
her,
"What
do
you
want"
1:15 She
said
to
him,
"Give
me
a
blessing.
Since
you
have
set
me
in
the
land
of
the
Negeb,
give
me
also
springs
of
water."
And
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
springs
and
the
lower
springs.
1:16 And
the
descendants
of
the
Kenite,
Moses'
father-in-law,
went
up
with
the
people
of
Judah
from
the
city
of
palms
into
the
wilderness
of
Judah,
which
lies
in
the
Negeb
near
Arad,
and
they
went
and
settled
with
the
people.
1:17 And
Judah
went
with
Simeon
his
brother,
and
they
defeated
the
Canaanites
who
inhabited
Zephath
and
devoted
it
to
destruction.
So
the
name
of
the
city
was
called
Hormah.
1:18 Judah
also
captured
Gaza
with
its
territory,
and
Ashkelon
with
its
territory,
and
Ekron
with
its
territory.
1:19 And
the
LORD
was
with
Judah,
and
he
took
possession
of
the
hill
country,
but
he
could
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
plain
because
they
had
chariots
of
iron.
1:20 And
Hebron
was
given
to
Caleb,
as
Moses
had
said.
And
he
drove
out
from
it
the
three
sons
of
Anak.
1:21 But
the
people
of
Benjamin
did
not
drive
out
the
Jebusites
who
lived
in
Jerusalem,
so
the
Jebusites
have
lived
with
the
people
of
Benjamin
in
Jerusalem
to
this
day.
1:22 The
house
of
Joseph
also
went
up
against
Bethel,
and
the
LORD
was
with
them.
1:23 And
the
house
of
Joseph
scouted
out
Bethel.
(Now
the
name
of
the
city
was
formerly
Luz.)
1:24 And
the
spies
saw
a
man
coming
out
of
the
city,
and
they
said
to
him,
"Please
show
us
the
way
into
the
city,
and
we
will
deal
kindly
with
you."
1:25 And
he
showed
them
the
way
into
the
city.
And
they
struck
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
but
they
let
the
man
and
all
his
family
go.
1:26 And
the
man
went
to
the
land
of
the
Hittites
and
built
a
city
and
called
its
name
Luz.
That
is
its
name
to
this
day.
1:27 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
persisted
in
dwelling
in
that
land.
1:28 When
Israel
grew
strong,
they
put
the
Canaanites
to
forced
labor,
but
did
not
drive
them
out
completely.
1:29 And
Ephraim
did
not
drive
out
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
Gezer,
so
the
Canaanites
lived
in
Gezer
among
them.
1:30 Zebulun
did
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
Kitron,
or
the
inhabitants
of
Nahalol,
so
the
Canaanites
lived
among
them,
but
became
subject
to
forced
labor.
1:31 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,
1:32 so
the
Asherites
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
for
they
did
not
drive
them
out.
1:33 Naphtali
did
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh,
or
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-anath,
so
they
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
Nevertheless,
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh
and
of
Beth-anath
became
subject
to
forced
labor
for
them.
1:34 The
Amorites
pressed
the
people
of
Dan
back
into
the
hill
country,
for
they
did
not
allow
them
to
come
down
to
the
plain.
1:35 The
Amorites
persisted
in
dwelling
in
Mount
Heres,
in
Aijalon,
and
in
Shaalbim,
but
the
hand
of
the
house
of
Joseph
rested
heavily
on
them,
and
they
became
subject
to
forced
labor.
1:36 And
the
border
of
the
Amorites
ran
from
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
from
Sela
and
upward.