1:1 And it came to pass after the death of
Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of Yehovah, saying, Who shall
go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
1:2 And Yehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land
into his hand.
1:3 And Judah said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and
let us array ourselves against the Canaanites, and I also will go with thee
into thy lot: and Symeon went with him.
1:4 And Judah went up; and Yehovah delivered the Canaanite and the
Pherezite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to [the number of]
ten thousand men.
1:5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they
smote the Canaanite and the Pherezite.
1:6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut
off his thumbs and his great toes.
1:7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having heir thumbs and their great
toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have
done, so Elohim has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he
died there.
1:8 And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and
smote with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.
1:9 And afterwards the children of Judah went down to fight with the
Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain
country.
1:10 And Judah went to the Canaanite who dwelt in Chebron; and Chebron came
out against him; [[and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher:]]
and they smote Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.
1:11 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of
Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
1:12 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters, and shall
first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
1:13 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it;
and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
1:14 And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a
field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, Thou hast
sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is thy
request?
1:15 And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray thee, a blessing, for thou hast
sent me forth into a south land, and thou shalt give me the ransom of water:
and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs]
and the ransom of the low [springs].
1:16 And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went
up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah, to the wilderness
that is in the south of Judah, which is at the descent of Arad, and they
dwelt with the people.
1:17 And Judah went with Symeon his brother, and smote the Canaanite that
inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name
of the city Anathema.
1:18 But Judah did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts nor Ascalon nor her
coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.
1:19 And Yehovah was with Judah, and he inherited the mountain; for they
were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented
them.
1:20 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited
the three cities of the children of Enac.
1:21 But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the
Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of
Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
1:22 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and Yehovah was
with them.
1:23 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before
was Luza.
1:24 And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they
took him; and they said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will
deal mercifully with thee.
1:25 And he shewed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with
the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
1:26 And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and
called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.
1:27 And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a
city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her
towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the
inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of
Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor
her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Canaanite began to dwell in this land.
1:28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanite
tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
1:29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gazer; and
the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
1:30 And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the
inhabitants of Domana: and the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of them, and
became tributary to them.
1:31 And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people]
became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of
Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor
Ereo.
1:32 And Aser dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite who inhabited the land,
for he could not drive him out.
1:33 And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the
inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite
who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth
became tributary to them.
1:34 And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for
they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
1:35 And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which
[are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the
house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.
1:36 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from
the rock and upwards. |
1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to
pass, that the children of Israel asked Yehovah, saying, Who shall go up
for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
1:2 And Yehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land
into his hand.
1:3 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.
1:4 And Judah went up; and Yehovah delivered the Canaanites and the
Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and
they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut
off his thumbs and his great toes.
1:7 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 Elohim hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there
he died.
1:8 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.
1:9 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.
1:10 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.
1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name
of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
1:12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
1:14 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?
1:15 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.
1:16 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.
1:17 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.
1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast
thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
1:19 And Yehovah 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.
1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence
the three sons of Anak.
1:21 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.
1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and Yehovah
was with them.
1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the
city before was Luz.)
1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto
him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show
thee mercy.
1:25 And when he showed 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.
1:26 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.
1:27 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.
1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but
the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
1:31 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:
1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
land: for they did not drive them out.
1:33 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.
1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they
would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
1:35 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.
1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from
the rock, and upward. |