(KJV) Judges 1¹²

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⥃The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds ^{[ Joshua 13:1–7 ]}

[1] Now³ after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked⁴ the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? [2] And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.⁵ [3] And Judah said unto Simeon⁶ his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise⁷ will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. [4] And Judah went up; and the Lord⁸ delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek⁹ ten thousand men. [5] And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. [6] But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. [7] And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs¹⁰ and their great toes cut off, gathered¹¹ [their meat] under my table: as I have¹² done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

⥃The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron ^{[ Joshua 15:13–19 ]}

[8] 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.¹³

[9] And afterward¹⁴ the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley¹⁵. [10] And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjath–arba¹⁶:) and they slew Sheshai¹⁷, and Ahiman, and Talmai. [11] And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir¹⁸: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjath–sepher: [12] And Caleb¹⁹ said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him²⁰ will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. [13] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.²¹ [14] And it came²² to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted²³ from off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? [15] And she said unto him, Give me a blessing²⁴: for thou hast given me a south land²⁵; give me also springs of water²⁶. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

[16] [¶]And the children of the Kenite²⁷, Moses’²⁸ father in law, went up out of the city of palm²⁹ trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which³⁰ [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went³¹ and dwelt among the people. [17] And Judah³² went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath³³, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah³⁴. [18] Also Judah³⁵ took Gaza³⁶ with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.³⁷³⁸³⁹ [19] And the Lord⁴⁰ was with Judah; and he drave⁴¹ out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could⁴² not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots⁴³ of iron. [20] And they gave⁴⁴ Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons⁴⁵ of Anak. [21] 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.⁴⁶

[22] [¶]And the house⁴⁷ of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord⁴⁸ [was] with them. [23] And the house of Joseph sent⁴⁹ to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz⁵⁰.) [24] 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 will⁵¹ shew thee mercy. [25] And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote⁵² the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. [26] And the man went into the land⁵³ of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.

⥃The Failure to Complete the Conquest

[27] [¶]Neither did Manasseh⁵⁴ drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach⁵⁵ 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 Canaanites⁵⁶ 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] [¶]Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.⁵⁷

[30] [¶]Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron⁵⁸, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol⁵⁹; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

[31] [¶]Neither did Asher⁶⁰ drive out the inhabitants of Accho⁶¹, nor the inhabitants of Zidon⁶², nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib⁶³, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: [32] But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.⁶⁴

[33] [¶]Neither did Naphtali⁶⁵ drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt⁶⁶ among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became⁶⁷ tributaries unto them. [34] And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:⁶⁸ [35] But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon⁶⁹, and in Shaalbim⁷⁰: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed⁷¹, so that they became tributaries. [36] And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going⁷² up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

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