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and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Judah went up, and the LORD handed over to them the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Judah went up, and Yahweh gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down 10,000 men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they struck down in defeat ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Judah attacked, the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Judah attacked, the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They struck down 10,000 men in Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Judah's troops went into battle, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They defeated 10,000 men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and Judah went into battle together. The LORD gave them victory over the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the army of the tribe of Judah went into battle, the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their control, and they defeated 10,000 men at Bezek. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The men of Judah attacked, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Judah goes up, and YHWH gives the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they strike them in Bezek—ten thousand men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Judah goeth up, and Jehovah giveth the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they smite them in Bezek -- ten thousand men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Judah will go up, and Jehovah will give the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand; and they will smite them in Bezek, ten thousand men,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their power, and they struck down ten thousand of them in Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Judah went up and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they slew ten thousand of them in Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yehuda went and LORD JEHOVAH delivered the Canaanites and the Perezites into their hands, and they killed ten thousand men of them in Bezeq with the sword<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to <i>the number of</i> ten thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/1-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=33" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/1.htm">Conquest of Canaan Proceeds</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">When Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">attacked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">delivered</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">the Canaanites</a> <a href="/hebrew/6522.htm" title="6522: wə·hap·pə·riz·zî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A people in the land of Canaan. For praziy; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes.">and Perizzites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into their hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yak·kūm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3mp) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">and they struck down</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘ă·śe·reṯ (Number-msc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ă·lā·p̄îm (Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/966.htm" title="966: bə·ḇe·zeq (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in Pal. From bazaq; lightning; Bezek, a place in Palestine.">at Bezek.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Joshua 10:10</a></span><br />And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Joshua 11:8</a></span><br />and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a></span><br />and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Exodus 23:31-33</a></span><br />And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. / You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Numbers 21:24</a></span><br />And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">1 Samuel 7:10</a></span><br />As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a></span><br />Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm">2 Samuel 5:19</a></span><br />So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-12.htm">2 Chronicles 14:12</a></span><br />So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3</a></span><br />For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Romans 8:37</a></span><br />No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-57.htm">1 Corinthians 15:57</a></span><br />But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">2 Corinthians 2:14</a></span><br />But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a></b></br> And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, <i>and</i> utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-3.htm">Deuteronomy 9:3</a></b></br> Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God <i>is</i> he which goeth over before thee; <i>as</i> a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-8.htm">Joshua 10:8-10</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee… </p><p class="hdg">Bezek.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/11-8.htm">1 Samuel 11:8</a></b></br> And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-8.htm">Bezek</a> <a href="/judges/1-3.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/judges/1-3.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Defeated</a> <a href="/judges/1-2.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/1-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/1-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/1-3.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/joshua/12-6.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/joshua/23-10.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Bezek</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Defeated</a> <a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/1-35.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/judges/3-29.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-1.htm">The acts of Judah and Simeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Adonibezek justly requited</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Jerusalem taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Hebron taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-16.htm">The Kenites dwell in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-21.htm">The acts of Benjamin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-22.htm">Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-30.htm">Of Zebulun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-31.htm">Of Asher</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Of Naphtali</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-34.htm">Of Dan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <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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This attack follows the death of Joshua, during a time when the Israelites were tasked with taking possession of the Promised Land. Judah's leadership in this attack is significant, as it foreshadows the eventual rise of the Davidic line, from which Jesus Christ would come. The act of attacking also reflects the ongoing struggle between the Israelites and the inhabitants of Canaan, a struggle that was both physical and spiritual.<p><b>the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the divine intervention and sovereignty of God in the battles of Israel. The Canaanites and Perizzites were among the various groups inhabiting the land of Canaan, and their defeat was crucial for the Israelites to establish themselves in the land. The deliverance by the LORD highlights the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the land. It also serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience to God results in His favor and victory.<p><b>and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek</b><br>Bezek is identified as a location where this significant battle took place. The striking down of ten thousand men indicates a decisive victory, showcasing the might and effectiveness of Judah's forces under divine guidance. This victory at Bezek is a testament to the power of God working through His chosen people. The number ten thousand, often used in scripture to denote a large, complete number, underscores the totality of the victory. This event can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and death, where He conquers the spiritual enemies of His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>One of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Known for its leadership role among the tribes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>Refers to Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel, who actively participates in the history and battles of His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a></b><br>A group of ancient people living in the land of Canaan, often seen as adversaries to the Israelites in their conquest of the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/perizzites.htm">Perizzites</a></b><br>Another group of people living in Canaan, often mentioned alongside the Canaanites as inhabitants of the land that Israel was to conquer.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/bezek.htm">Bezek</a></b><br>A location where the battle took place, significant for its strategic importance in the conquest account.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty_in_battle.htm">Divine Sovereignty in Battle</a></b><br>The victory at Bezek underscores God's sovereignty and His active role in the battles of His people. Believers can trust in God's power and presence in their own spiritual battles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Judah's attack on the Canaanites and Perizzites was in obedience to God's command to take possession of the land. This teaches the importance of obedience to God's directives in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Judah's leadership in the battle reflects the importance of strong, godly leadership in achieving victory and fulfilling God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_action.htm">Faith and Action</a></b><br>The tribe of Judah acted in faith, trusting that God would deliver their enemies into their hands. This illustrates the necessity of combining faith with action in the Christian walk.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>The victory at Bezek is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Israel. Believers can be assured of God's faithfulness in their own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_bible's_non-israelites.htm">Who are the non-Israelites mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_adoni-bezek_biblically.htm">Who was Adoni-Bezek in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_perizzites'_history.htm">What is the historical background of the Perizzites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_chr_2_3-4_align_with_gen_38.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 align with Genesis 38 regarding Judah and Tamar's lineage, and does it create inconsistencies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">And Judah went up.</span>--Under the leadership of Caleb (<a href="/joshua/14-6.htm" title="Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him, You know the thing that the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadeshbarnea.">Joshua 14:6</a>).<p><span class= "bld">The Canaanites and the Perizzites.</span>--See <a href="/genesis/13-7.htm" title="And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.">Genesis 13:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm" title="And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.">Genesis 34:30</a>. The former seem to have been <span class= "ital">lowlanders</span>--"by the sea and by the coast of Jordan" (<a href="/numbers/13-29.htm" title="The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.">Numbers 13:29</a>), "on the east and on the west" (<a href="/joshua/11-3.htm" title="And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.">Joshua 11:3</a>; <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm" title="And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.">Joshua 17:16</a>). The Perizzites were the mountain and forest tribes (<a href="/joshua/11-3.htm" title="And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.">Joshua 11:3</a>; <a href="/joshua/17-15.htm" title="And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get you up to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you.">Joshua 17:15</a>). Their antiquity and importance appear from the allusions to them in <a href="/genesis/13-7.htm" title="And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.">Genesis 13:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm" title="And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.">Genesis 34:30</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm" title="And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,">1Kings 9:20</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_esdras/1-21.htm" title="I divided among you a fruitful land, I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? saith the Lord.">2 Esdras 1:21</a>. The name itself seems to imply "open villages" (<a href="/1_samuel/6-18.htm" title="And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even to the great stone of Abel, where on they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.">1Samuel 6:18</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm" title="All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.">Deuteronomy 3:5</a>), and may imply that they were agriculturists. The name does not occur in the genealogy of nations in Genesis 10 . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/1-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">attacked,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֣עַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">delivered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּ֧ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Canaanites</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Perizzites</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַפְּרִזִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hap·pə·riz·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into their hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיָדָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they struck down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּכּ֣וּם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yak·kūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śe·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thousand</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲלָפִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·lā·p̄îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men</span><br /><span class="heb">אִֽישׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Bezek.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֶ֔זֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇe·zeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_966.htm">Strong's 966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bezek -- a place in Palestine</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/1-4.htm">OT History: Judges 1:4 Judah went up (Jd Judg. 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