Read Judges 1

World English Bible · 36 verses

1. 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?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. 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?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. ²⁹ Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. 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;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
33. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
34. ³⁴ The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
35. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
36. ³⁶ The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org