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
; 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
in Bezek
: and they fought
against him, and they slew
the Canaanites
and the Perizzites
.
But Adonibezek fled
; and they pursued
after
him, and caught
him, and cut off
his thumbs
and his great toes
.
And Adonibezek said
, Threescore and ten
kings
, having their thumbs
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
, 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
:) 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
:
And Caleb said
, He that smiteth
Kirjathsepher
, and taketh
it, to him will I give
Achsah
my daughter
to wife
.
And Othniel the son
of Kenaz
, Caleb's
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
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
: and the LORD
was with them.
And the house of Joseph
sent to descry
Bethel
. (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
and 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
, the inhabitants
of the land
: for they did not drive them out
.
Neither did Naphtali drive out
the inhabitants
of Bethshemesh
, nor the inhabitants
of Bethanath
; but he dwelt
among
the Canaanites
, the inhabitants
of the land
: nevertheless the inhabitants
of Bethshemesh
and of Bethanath
became 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
: 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
, from the rock
, and upward
.