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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Judges 1 King James 2000</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/judges/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">King James 2000</a> > Judges 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/24.htm" title="Joshua 24">◄</a> Judges 1 <a href="../judges/2.htm" title="Judges 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">King James 2000</div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">War Against the Remaining Canaanites</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="black">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?</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="black">And the LORD said,</span> <span class="red">Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="black">And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my allotted portion, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your allotted portion. So Simeon went with him.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="black">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.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="black">And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="black">But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="black">And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered scraps under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="black">Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="black">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.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="black">And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="black">And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kiriathsepher:</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="black">And Caleb said, He that strikes Kiriathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="black">And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="black">And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she got down from her donkey; and Caleb said unto her, What do you want?</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="black">And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me the south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="black">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 lies to the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="black">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.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="black">Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Askelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="black">And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="black">And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="black">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 until this day.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="black">And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="black">And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="black">And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="black">And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="black">And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is its name until this day.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="black">Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="black">And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="black">Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="black">Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="black">Neither did Asher 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:</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="black">But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="black">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 forced laborers unto them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="black">And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not allow them to come down to the valley:</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="black">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 forced laborers.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/judges/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="black">And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The King James 2000 Bible, copyright © Doctor of Theology Robert A. 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