1 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 And
the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his
hand.
3 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 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 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 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 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 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 And
from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir
before was Kirjathsepher:
12 And
Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him 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.
14 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 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 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 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 Also
Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and
Ekron with the coast thereof.
19 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 And
they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three
sons 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.
22 And
the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with
them.
23 And
the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
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 will shew thee mercy.
25 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.
26 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 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 Neither
did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites
dwelt in Gezer among them.
30 Neither
did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of
Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31 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 But
the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they
did not drive them out.
33 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 And
the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not
suffer them to come down to the valley:
35 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 And
the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from
the rock, and upward.
