1 After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”
2 And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”
3 And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And Simeon went with him.
4 And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.
5 And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
6 Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.
7 And Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.
9 And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.
10 And Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
12 And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
13 And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.
14 And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What is it?”
15 But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.
16 Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
17 Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
18 And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
19 And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
20 And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
21 But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
22 The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23 For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
24 they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you.”
25 And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
26 And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.
27 Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
28 Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
29 And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
30 Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
31 Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.
32 And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.
33 Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.
34 And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.
35 And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.
36 Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.
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Chapter 1 of the book of Judges describes the conquest of several cities by the tribes of Israel after the death of Joshua. However, the chapter also highlights some flaws of the people of Israel, such as the lack of complete destruction of the Canaanites and the covenant with some of them. Following are five verses related to these themes:
Numbers 33:55: "But if you do not expel the inhabitants of the earth from before you, it will happen that those you let will be like sting in your eyes and as thorns in your ishals, and shall tighten you into the earth in which you have dwelling." This verse highlights the importance of the complete expulsion of the pagan peoples of the promised land, something Israel failed to do completely.
Joshua 23:12-13: "For if you break, and cling to the rest of these nations that have stayed between you, and mingle with them, and you unite with them, and they with you, know for sure that the Lord, yours God, will not continue to expel these nations from before you; rather, they will be by loop and by net, and to whip to your dock and thorns to your eyes, until you perish from this good land that gave you the Lord, yours, God." This verse warns against the association with pagan peoples, a practice that Israel failed to avoid completely.
Numbers 32:23: "But if you do not do so, behold, you sinned against the Lord; and know that your sin will find you." This verse highlights the importance of obedience to God and the consequences of disobedience.
Exodus 23:32-33: "Thou shalt not make a covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, that they do not sin against me; for thou shalt serve their gods, which shall be a bond for you." This verse warns against the covenant with pagan peoples, a practice that Israel failed to avoid completely.
Joshua 23:16: "When you violate the covenant of the Lord, your God, whom he ordered you, and forgate and serve other gods, and lean to them, then the wrath of the Lord will light up against you, and then perish from good land that he gave you. " This verse highlights the consequences of infidelity to God, something that the people of Israel experienced on several occasions.
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