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Yahweh answered: "The tribe of Judah shall go up first, and I will give the land into their hands." (Judges 1, 2)
So the people of Judah said to their brothers from the tribe of Simeon, "Help us conquer the part of the land that is allotted to us, and then we will conquer with you the region that is yours." So they joined forces for the war. (Judges 1, 3)
When the tribe of Judah attacked the Canaanites and the Perizzites, Yahweh gave them into their hands; in Bezek they defeated ten thousand men. (Judges 1, 4)
The tribe of Judah attacked the city of Jerusalem, and after killing its inhabitants they burned the city. (Judges 1, 8)
Those from Judah and their brothers from the tribe of Simeon attacked the Canaanites who lived in Zephath, and they sacrificed Zephath in honor of Yahweh. For this reason, the city was named "Anathema." (Judges 1, 17)
But the tribe of Benjamin did not succeed in expelling the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; the Jebusites have stayed in Jerusalem until this day. (Judges 1, 21)
However, the tribe of Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth-shean and Taa-nach or the inhabitants of Dor, Ibleam and Megiddo. The Canaanites persisted in dwelling in these cities and in the towns that depended on them, and they kept their lands. (Judges 1, 27)
Neither did the tribe of Ephraim expel the Canaanites who lived in Gezer (Judges 1, 29)
nor did the tribe of Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol. These Canaanites lived among them, but had to pay taxes to them. (Judges 1, 30)
The tribe of Asher had to live in the midst of the Canaanites who occupied their territory, for they could not drive them out from that region. (Judges 1, 32)
The same happened with the tribe of Naphtali that failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath; they had to dwell in the midst of the Canaanites who lived in that region. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath paid taxes to this tribe. (Judges 1, 33)
The Amorites also remained in Har-heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the tribe of Joseph grew stronger, they forced the Amorites to pay taxes. (Judges 1, 35)
