Judges
Judges 1
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Judges 1 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now after the death of it came to pass, that the children of asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the first, to fight against them? And the LORD said, shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And said unto his brother, Come up with me into my , that we may fight against the ; and I likewise will go with thee into thy . So went with him. And went up; and the LORD delivered the and the into their hand: and they slew of them in ten thousand men. And they found -bezek in : and they fought against him, and they slew the and the . But -bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And -bezek 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 , and there he died. Now the children of had fought against , and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the , and set the city fire. And afterward the children of went down to fight against the , that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. And went against the that dwelt in : (now the name of before was -arba:) and they slew , and , and . And from thence he went against the inhabitants of : and the name of before was -sepher: And said, He that smiteth -sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give my daughter to wife. And the son of , Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him his daughter to wife. 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 said unto her, What wilt thou? And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. And the children of the , Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of trees with the children of into the wilderness of , which lieth in the south of ; and they went and dwelt among the people. And went with his brother, and they slew the that inhabited , and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called . Also took with the coast thereof, and with the coast thereof, and with the coast thereof. And the LORD was with ; 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. And they gave unto , as said: and he expelled thence the three sons of . And the children of did not drive out the that inhabited ; but the dwell with the children of in unto this day. And the house of , they also went up against : and the LORD was with them. And the house of sent to descry . (Now the name of the city before was .) 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 . And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the ; but they let go the man and all his family. And the man went into the land of the , and built a city, and called the name thereof : which is the name thereof unto this day. Neither did drive out the inhabitants of -shean and her towns, nor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of and her towns, nor the inhabitants of and her towns, nor the inhabitants of and her towns: but the would dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when was strong, that they the to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. Neither did drive out the that dwelt in ; but the dwelt in among them. Neither did drive out the inhabitants of , nor the inhabitants of ; but the dwelt among them, and became tributaries. Neither did drive out the inhabitants of , nor the inhabitants of , nor of , nor of , nor of , nor of , nor of : But the dwelt among the , the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. Neither did drive out the inhabitants of -shemesh, nor the inhabitants of -anath; but he dwelt among the , the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of -shemesh and of -anath became tributaries unto them. And the forced the children of into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: But the would dwell in mount in , and in : yet the hand of the house of prevailed, so that they became tributaries. And the coast of the was from the going up to , from the rock, and upward.