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? |
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2: And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered
the land into his hand. |
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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. |
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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. |
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5: And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against
him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. |
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6: But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught
him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. |
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7: And Adoni-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
Jerusalem, and there he died. |
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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. |
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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. |
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10: And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron:
(now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai,
and Ahiman, and Talmai. |
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11: And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and
the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: |
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12: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh
it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. |
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13: And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took
it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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18: Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with
the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. |
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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. |
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20: And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he
expelled thence the three sons of Anak. |
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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. |
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22: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel:
and the LORD was with them. |
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23: And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name
of the city before was Luz.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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27: Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean
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. |
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28: And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put
the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. |
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29: Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in
Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. |
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30: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor
the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and
became tributaries. |
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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: |
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32: But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land: for they did not drive them out. |
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33: Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh,
nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,
the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh
and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. |
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34: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the
mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
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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. |
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36: And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to
Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. |