^{1 Ref} 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?

^{2 Ref} And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

^{3 Ref} 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.

^{4 Ref} 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.

⁵ And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

⁶ But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} 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.

^{9 Ref} 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.

^{10 Ref} 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.

^{11 Ref} And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

^{12 Ref} And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

^{13 Ref} And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

^{14 Ref} 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?

^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} 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.

^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

^{19 Ref} 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.

^{20 Ref} And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

^{21 Ref} 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.

^{22 Ref} And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

^{23 Ref} And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

^{24 Ref} And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.

^{25 Ref} And when he showed 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.

^{26 Ref} 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.

^{27 Ref} 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.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

^{29 Ref} Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

^{30 Ref} Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

^{31 Ref} 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:

^{32 Ref} But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

^{33 Ref} 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.

^{34 Ref} And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

^{35 Ref} 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.

^{36 Ref} And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

^{1 Ref} And it cometh to pass, after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask at Jehovah, saying, `Who doth go up for us unto the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?'

^{2 Ref} And Jehovah saith, `Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.'

^{3 Ref} And Judah saith to Simeon his brother, `Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite -- and I have gone, even I, with thee into thy lot;' and Simeon goeth with him.

^{4 Ref} And Judah goeth up, and Jehovah giveth the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they smite them in Bezek -- ten thousand men;

⁵ and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and smite the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

⁶ And Adoni-Bezek fleeth, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes,

^{7 Ref} and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.

^{8 Ref} And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;

^{9 Ref} and afterwards have the sons of Judah gone down to fight against the Canaanite, inhabiting the hill-country, and the south, and the low country;

^{10 Ref} and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly `is' Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

^{11 Ref} And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly `is' Kirjath-Sepher),

^{12 Ref} and Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

^{13 Ref} And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

^{14 Ref} And it cometh to pass in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father the field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, `What -- to thee?'

^{15 Ref} And she saith to him, `Give to me a blessing; when the south land thou hast given me -- then thou hast given to me springs of water; and Caleb giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

^{16 Ref} And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah `to' the wilderness of Judah, which `is' in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.

^{17 Ref} And Judah goeth with Simeon his brother, and they smite the Canaanite inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and `one' calleth the name of the city Hormah.

^{18 Ref} And Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;

^{19 Ref} and Jehovah is with Judah, and he occupieth the hill-country, but not to dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they have chariots of iron.

^{20 Ref} And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.

^{21 Ref} And the Jebusite, inhabiting Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed; and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, till this day.

^{22 Ref} And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah `is' with them;

^{23 Ref} and the house of Joseph cause `men' to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

^{24 Ref} and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'

^{25 Ref} And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;

^{26 Ref} and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it `is' its name unto this day.

^{27 Ref} And Manasseh hath not occupied Beth-Shean and its towns, and Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Iblaim and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in that land;

²⁸ and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.

^{29 Ref} And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer.

^{30 Ref} Zebulun hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, and they become tributary.

^{31 Ref} Asher hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob;

^{32 Ref} and the Asherite dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it hath not dispossessed them.

^{33 Ref} Naphtali hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh, and the inhabitants of Beth-Anath, and he dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh and of Beth-Anath have become tributary to them.

^{34 Ref} And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;

^{35 Ref} and the Amorite is desirous to dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, and the hand of the house of Joseph is heavy, and they become tributary;

^{36 Ref} and the border of the Amorite `is' from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.

^{1 Ref} Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

^{2 Ref} And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

^{3 Ref} Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

^{4 Ref} And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.

⁵ And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

⁶ But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

^{7 Ref} And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

^{8 Ref} Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

^{9 Ref} After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

^{10 Ref} And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

^{11 Ref} And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

^{12 Ref} And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

^{13 Ref} And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

^{14 Ref} Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

^{15 Ref} And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

^{16 Ref} Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

^{17 Ref} And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

^{18 Ref} Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

^{19 Ref} And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

^{20 Ref} And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

^{21 Ref} And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

^{22 Ref} And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

^{23 Ref} So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

^{24 Ref} And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

^{25 Ref} So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

^{26 Ref} And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

^{27 Ref} And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

²⁸ And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

^{29 Ref} And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

^{30 Ref} Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

^{31 Ref} And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;

^{32 Ref} But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

^{33 Ref} Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

^{34 Ref} And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

^{35 Ref} For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

^{36 Ref} And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.