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So Simeon went with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Adoni-bezek said, seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.</p> <p class="hdg">Jerusalem and Hebron Captured</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>(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.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt on the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.</p> <a name="11" id="11"></a><p class="hdg">Additional Cities Captured<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../joshua/15.htm#13">Joshua 15:13-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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 to her, What wilt thou? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And she said to 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the children of the Kenite, Moses's 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Askelon with its border, and Ekron with its border. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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 to this day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz: which is its name to this day.</p> <p class="hdg">Places Not Conquered</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Neither did Manasseh expel the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its towns, nor Tanach 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that they subjected the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly expel them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Neither did Ephraim expel the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Neither did Zebulun expel the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Neither did Asher expel the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not expel them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Neither did Naphtali expel the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And the Amorites forced the children of Dan to the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joshua/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joshua 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joshua 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/judges/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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