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1 After the death of Y’hoshuaJoshua, the people of Isra'el asked of ADONAI,[GN] saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Kena‘aniCanaanites, to fight against them?”
2 ADONAI said, “Y’hudahJudah shall go up. Hinneh,[GN] I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3 Y’hudah said to Shim‘onSimon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Kena‘ani; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Shim‘on went with him. 4 Y’hudah went up, and ADONAI delivered the Kena‘ani and the P’rizi into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek. [MAP] 5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Kena‘ani and the P'riziP’rizi. 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[GN] has done to me.” They brought him to Yerushalyim, and he died there. 8 The children of Y’hudah fought against Yerushalyim, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 After that, the children of Y’hudah went down to fight against the Kena‘ani who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland. 10 Y’hudah went against the Kena‘ani who lived in Hebron. [MAP] (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.[10]
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 Y’hudah into the wilderness of Y’hudah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people. 17 Y’hudah went with Shim‘on his brother, and they struck the Kena‘ani who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also Y’hudah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border. 19 ADONAI was with Y’hudah, 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 Binyamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Yerushalyim, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Binyamin in Yerushalyim to this day.
22 The house of Joseph also went up against Beit-El, and ADONAI was with them. 23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Beit-El. (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 Kena‘ani would dwell in that land. 28 When Isra'el had grown strong, they put the Kena‘ani to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out. 29 Ephraim didn’t drive out the Kena‘ani who lived in Gezer, but the Kena‘ani lived in Gezer among them. 30 Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Kena‘ani 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 Kena‘ani, 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 Kena‘ani, 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.
10. Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai were descendants of Anak (Num. 13:22), part of the Nephilim (Num. 13:33). [BACK]
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