07_JUD_01_01 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 ?
07_JUD_01_02 And the LORD said , Judah shall go up : behold , I have delivered the land into his hand .
07_JUD_01_03 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 .
07_JUD_01_04 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 .
07_JUD_01_05 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek : And they fought against him , And they slew the Canaanites And the Perizzites .
07_JUD_01_06 but Adonibezek fled ; And they pursued after him , And caught him , And cut off his thumbs And his great toes .
07_JUD_01_07 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 God hath requited me . And they brought him to Jerusalem , And there he died .
07_JUD_01_08 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 .
07_JUD_01_09 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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir : And the name of Debir before [ was ] Kirjathsepher :
07_JUD_01_12 And Caleb said , he that smiteth Kirjathsepher , And taketh it , to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife .
07_JUD_01_13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz , Caleb's younger brother , took it : And he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife .
07_JUD_01_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 ?
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_18 also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof , And Askelon with the coast thereof , And Ekron with the coast thereof .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses said : And he expelled thence the three sons of Anak .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_22 And the house of Joseph , they also went up against Bethel : And the LORD [ was ] with them .
07_JUD_01_23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel . [ now the name of the city before [ was ] Luz . ]
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_28 And it came to pass , when Israel was strong , that they put the Canaanites to tribute , And did not utterly drive them out .
07_JUD_01_29 neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them .
07_JUD_01_30 neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them , And became tributaries .
07_JUD_01_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 :
07_JUD_01_32 but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out .
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley :
07_JUD_01_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 .
07_JUD_01_36 And the coast of the Amorites [ was ] from the going up to Akrabbim , from the rock , And upward .