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Judges 1 (WEBP)
[1] After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh,° saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”
[2] Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold,§ I have delivered the land into his hand.”
[3] Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
[4] Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
[5] They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
[6] But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
[7] Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God§ has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
[8] The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
[9] After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
[10] Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
[11] From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)
[12] Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
[13] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.
[14] When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
[15] She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
[16] The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
[17] Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
[18] Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
[19] Yahweh was with Judah, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
[20] They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
[21] The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
[22] The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
[23] The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
[24] The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
[25] He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
[26] The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
[27] Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[28] When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
[29] Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
[30] Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.
[31] Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
[32] but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.
[33] Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
[34] The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow 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 subject to forced labor.
[36] The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Judges 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Judges 1:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Judges 1:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
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Judges 1 (KJVS)
[1] Now after H310 the death H4194 of Joshua H3091 it came to pass, that the children H1121 of Israel H3478 asked H7592 (8799) the LORD H3068, saying H559 (8800), Who shall go up H5927 (8799) for us against the Canaanites H3669 first H8462, to fight H3898 (8736) against them?
[2] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799), Judah H3063 shall go up H5927 (8799): behold, I have delivered H5414 (8804) the land H776 into his hand H3027.
[3] And Judah H3063 said H559 (8799) unto Simeon H8095 his brother H251, Come up H5927 (8798) with me into my lot H1486, that we may fight H3898 (8735) against the Canaanites H3669; and I likewise will go H1980 (8804) with thee into thy lot H1486. So Simeon H8095 went H3212 (8799) with him.
[4] And Judah H3063 went up H5927 (8799); and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 (8799) the Canaanites H3669 and the Perizzites H6522 into their hand H3027: and they slew H5221 (8686) of them in Bezek H966 ten H6235 thousand H505 men H376.
[5] And they found H4672 (8799) Adonibezek H137 in Bezek H966: and they fought H3898 (8735) against him, and they slew H5221 (8686) the Canaanites H3669 and the Perizzites H6522.
[6] But Adonibezek H137 fled H5127 (8799); and they pursued H7291 (8799) after H310 him, and caught H270 (8799) him, and cut off H7112 (8762) his thumbs H931 H3027 and his great toes H7272.
[7] And Adonibezek H137 said H559 (8799), Threescore and ten H7657 kings H4428, having their thumbs H931 H3027 and their great toes H7272 cut off H7112 (8794), gathered H3950 (8764) [their meat] under my table H7979: as I have done H6213 (8804), so God H430 hath requited H7999 (8765) me. And they brought H935 (8686) him to Jerusalem H3389, and there he died H4191 (8799).
[8] Now the children H1121 of Judah H3063 had fought H3898 (8735) against Jerusalem H3389, and had taken H3920 (8799) it, and smitten H5221 (8686) it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, and set H7971 (8765) the city H5892 on fire H784.
[9] And afterward H310 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 went down H3381 (8804) to fight H3898 (8736) against the Canaanites H3669, that dwelt H3427 (8802) in the mountain H2022, and in the south H5045, and in the valley H8219.
[10] And Judah H3063 went H3212 (8799) against the Canaanites H3669 that dwelt H3427 (8802) in Hebron H2275: (now the name H8034 of Hebron H2275 before H6440 [was] Kirjatharba H7153:) and they slew H5221 (8686) Sheshai H8344, and Ahiman H289, and Talmai H8526.
[11] And from thence he went H3212 (8799) against the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Debir H1688: and the name H8034 of Debir H1688 before H6440 [was] Kirjathsepher H7158:
[12] And Caleb H3612 said H559 (8799), He that smiteth H5221 (8686) Kirjathsepher H7158, and taketh H3920 (8804) it, to him will I give H5414 (8804) Achsah H5915 my daughter H1323 to wife H802.
[13] And Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, Caleb’s H3612 younger H6996 brother H251, took H3920 (8799) it: and he gave H5414 (8799) him Achsah H5915 his daughter H1323 to wife H802.
[14] And it came to pass, when she came H935 (8800) [to him], that she moved H5496 (8686) him to ask H7592 (8800) of her father H1 a field H7704: and she lighted H6795 (8799) from off [her] ass H2543; and Caleb H3612 said H559 (8799) unto her, What wilt thou?
[15] And she said H559 (8799) unto him, Give H3051 (8798) me a blessing H1293: for thou hast given H5414 (8804) me a south H5045 land H776; give H5414 (8804) me also springs H1543 of water H4325. And Caleb H3612 gave H5414 (8799) her the upper H5942 springs H1543 and the nether H8482 springs H1543.
[16] And the children H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses H4872’ father in law H2859 (8802), went up H5927 (8804) out of the city H5892 of palm trees H8558 (8677) H5899 with the children H1121 of Judah H3063 into the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063, which [lieth] in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H3212 (8799) and dwelt H3427 (8799) among H854 the people H5971.
[17] And Judah H3063 went H3212 (8799) with Simeon H8095 his brother H251, and they slew H5221 (8686) the Canaanites H3669 that inhabited H3427 (8802) Zephath H6857, and utterly destroyed H2763 (8686) it. And the name H8034 of the city H5892 was called H7121 (8799) Hormah H2767.
[18] Also Judah H3063 took H3920 (8799) Gaza H5804 with the coast H1366 thereof, and Askelon H831 with the coast H1366 thereof, and Ekron H6138 with the coast H1366 thereof.
[19] And the LORD H3068 was with Judah H3063; and he drave out H3423 (8686) [the inhabitants of] the mountain H2022; but could not H3808 drive out H3423 (8687) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the valley H6010, because they had chariots H7393 of iron H1270.
[20] And they gave H5414 (8799) Hebron H2275 unto Caleb H3612, as Moses H4872 said H1696 (8765): and he expelled H3423 (8686) thence the three H7969 sons H1121 of Anak H6061.
[21] And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 did not drive out H3423 (8689) the Jebusites H2983 that inhabited H3427 (8802) Jerusalem H3389; but the Jebusites H2983 dwell H3427 (8799) with the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 in Jerusalem H3389 unto this day H3117.
[22] And the house H1004 of Joseph H3130, they also went up H5927 (8799) against Bethel H1008: and the LORD H3068 [was] with them.
[23] And the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 sent to descry H8446 (8686) Bethel H1008. (Now the name H8034 of the city H5892 before H6440 [was] Luz H3870.)
[24] And the spies H8104 (8802) saw H7200 (8799) a man H376 come forth H3318 (8802) out of the city H5892, and they said H559 (8799) unto him, Shew H7200 (8685) us, we pray thee, the entrance H3996 into the city H5892, and we will shew H6213 (8804) thee mercy H2617.
[25] And when he shewed H7200 (8686) them the entrance H3996 into the city H5892, they smote H5221 (8686) the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; but they let go H7971 (8765) the man H376 and all his family H4940.
[26] And the man H376 went H3212 (8799) into the land H776 of the Hittites H2850, and built H1129 (8799) a city H5892, and called H7121 (8799) the name H8034 thereof Luz H3870: which [is] the name H8034 thereof unto this day H3117.
[27] Neither did Manasseh H4519 drive out H3423 (8689) [the inhabitants of] Bethshean H1052 and her towns H1323, nor Taanach H8590 and her towns H1323, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Dor H1756 and her towns H1323, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Ibleam H2991 and her towns H1323, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Megiddo H4023 and her towns H1323: but the Canaanites H3669 would H2974 (8686) dwell H3427 (8800) in that land H776.
[28] And it came to pass, when Israel H3478 was strong H2388 (8804), that they put H7760 (8799) the Canaanites H3669 to tribute H4522, and did not utterly H3423 (8687) drive them out H3423 (8689).
[29] Neither did Ephraim H669 drive out H3423 (8689) the Canaanites H3669 that dwelt H3427 (8802) in Gezer H1507; but the Canaanites H3669 dwelt H3427 (8799) in Gezer H1507 among H7130 them.
[30] Neither did Zebulun H2074 drive out H3423 (8689) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Kitron H7003, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Nahalol H5096; but the Canaanites H3669 dwelt H3427 (8799) among H7130 them, and became tributaries H4522.
[31] Neither did Asher H836 drive out H3423 (8689) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Accho H5910, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Zidon H6721, nor of Ahlab H303, nor of Achzib H392, nor of Helbah H2462, nor of Aphik H663, nor of Rehob H7340:
[32] But the Asherites H843 dwelt H3427 (8799) among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the land H776: for they did not drive them out H3423 (8689).
[33] Neither did Naphtali H5321 drive out H3423 (8689) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Bethshemesh H1053, nor the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Bethanath H1043; but he dwelt H3427 (8799) among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the land H776: nevertheless the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Bethshemesh H1053 and of Bethanath H1043 became tributaries H4522 unto them.
[34] And the Amorites H567 forced H3905 (8799) the children H1121 of Dan H1835 into the mountain H2022: for they would not suffer H5414 (8804) them to come down H3381 (8800) to the valley H6010:
[35] But the Amorites H567 would H2974 (8686) dwell H3427 (8800) in mount H2022 Heres H2776 in Aijalon H357, and in Shaalbim H8169: yet the hand H3027 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 prevailed H3513 (8799), so that they became tributaries H4522.
[36] And the coast H1366 of the Amorites H567 [was] from the going up H4608 to Akrabbim H4610, from the rock H5553, and upward H4605.
Young’s Literal Translation
Judges 1 (YLT)
[1] 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] And Jehovah saith, ‘Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.’
[3] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher),
[12] 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] And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
[14] 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] 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] 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] 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] And Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;
[19] 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] And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.
[21] 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] And the house of Joseph go up-even they-to Beth-El, and Jehovah is with them;
[23] and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),
[24] 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] 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] 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] 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] And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer.
[30] 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] Asher hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob;
[32] and the Asherite dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it hath not dispossessed them.
[33] 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] And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;
[35] 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] and the border of the Amorite is from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.