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They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it, killing all its people and setting the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the sons of Judah fought against [Jebusite] Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, put it to the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They attacked Jerusalem, captured it, killed everyone who lived there, and then burned it to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They killed everyone there and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They killed its people and set fire to the city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the army of Judah attacked Jerusalem, captured it, executed its inhabitants, and set fire to the city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.<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 Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The people of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and strike it by the mouth of the sword, and they have sent the city into fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Judah will war against Jerusalem and will take it, and will smite it with the mouth of the sword, and they cast the city into fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it to the sword, and set the whole city on fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Judahites fought against Jerusalem, captured it, and put it to the sword, setting the city itself on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the people of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it. They put it to the sword and set the city on fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it and smote it with the edge of the sword and set the villages thereof on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the sons of Yehuda fought in Jerusalem and they subdued it and they struck it with the mouth of the sword and its towns they burned in fire<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the children of Judah fought Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/1-8.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=76" 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">Jerusalem and Hebron Captured</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Then the men</a> <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.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">fought</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">against Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: way·yil·kə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">and captured it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yak·kū·hā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3fs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">They put the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥā·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·lə·ḥū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and set</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ḇā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">on fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.…<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/15-63.htm">Joshua 15:63</a></span><br />But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6-7</a></span><br />Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.” / Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/14-13.htm">2 Kings 14:13</a></span><br />There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-4.htm">1 Chronicles 11:4-5</a></span><br />Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land. / The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1</a></span><br />Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></span><br />Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Jeremiah 21:10</a></span><br />For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Lamentations 1:7</a></span><br />In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-35.htm">Matthew 5:35</a></span><br />or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a></span><br />But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a></span><br />And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/1-21.htm">Judges 1:21</a></b></br> 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 unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-63.htm">Joshua 15:63</a></b></br> As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/11-7.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Capture</a> <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/judges/1-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/21-42.htm">City</a> <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/joshua/24-19.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/joshua/20-2.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-6.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/joshua/24-12.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Capture</a> <a href="/judges/1-12.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/judges/1-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/1-25.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/judges/1-21.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/judges/1-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/judges/1-24.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/judges/1-25.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/judges/6-16.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Sword</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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Jerusalem, at this time, was a Jebusite city, not yet the central city of Israel. This battle signifies the beginning of Judah's efforts to establish dominance in the region. The mention of Judah highlights the tribe's prominence, as it is from Judah that King David and ultimately Jesus Christ would come, fulfilling the prophecy of the scepter not departing from Judah (<a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a>).<p><b>and captured it.</b><br>The capture of Jerusalem by Judah indicates a temporary victory, as the city would later be recaptured by the Jebusites until King David's reign (<a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6-7</a>). This reflects the ongoing struggle for control in the region and the incomplete nature of the conquest during the period of the Judges. The capture also foreshadows Jerusalem's future significance as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<p><b>They put the city to the sword</b><br>This phrase indicates a complete military victory, involving the destruction of the inhabitants. Such actions were common in ancient warfare and were often seen as a means of purifying the land from pagan influences, in accordance with God's commands to Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>). This act of putting the city to the sword underscores the severity of the conquest and the fulfillment of divine judgment against the Canaanite peoples.<p><b>and set it on fire.</b><br>Burning the city was a symbolic act of total destruction, ensuring that it could not be easily reoccupied or used as a stronghold against Israel. Fire often represents judgment and purification in the Bible, and here it signifies the removal of idolatrous practices associated with the Jebusites. This destruction prefigures the ultimate purification and renewal that will come through Christ, who will establish a new Jerusalem (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/men_of_judah.htm">Men of Judah</a></b><br>The tribe of Judah, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, known for its leadership and strength. They were tasked with leading the conquest of the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>A significant city in biblical history, later becoming the political and spiritual center of Israel. At this time, it was a Canaanite city that needed to be conquered as part of God's command to take the land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/capture_and_destruction.htm">Capture and Destruction</a></b><br>The event where the men of Judah successfully captured Jerusalem, executing God's judgment on the Canaanite inhabitants by putting the city to the sword and setting it on fire.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The men of Judah's actions reflect obedience to God's command to conquer the land. Believers today are called to obey God's Word, even when it requires difficult decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as Judah fought physical battles, Christians are engaged in spiritual warfare. <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a> reminds us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a></b><br>The destruction of Jerusalem's inhabitants demonstrates God's sovereignty and His righteous judgment against sin. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a></b><br>Judah's role as a leading tribe underscores the importance of strong, godly leadership in fulfilling God's purposes. Leaders today are called to guide others in faithfulness to God's commands.<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/why_conflicting_accounts_of_jerusalem's_capture.htm">In Judges 1:8 versus 1:21, why does it say Judah captured Jerusalem but Benjamin couldn’t drive out the Jebusites, leading to conflicting accounts about Jerusalem’s conquest? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_judges_1_cities_match_canaan_archaeology.htm">How do the accounts of cities captured by different tribes in Judges 1 align (or conflict) with archaeological evidence regarding the settlement patterns in Canaan? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_conflicting_accounts_of_jerusalem's_capture.htm">In Judges 1:8 versus 1:21, why does it say Judah captured Jerusalem but Benjamin couldn’t drive out the Jebusites, leading to conflicting accounts about Jerusalem’s conquest? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_judges_and_joshua_overlap.htm">Why do the Book of Judges’ events overlap with Joshua, despite contradicting timelines?</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>(8) <span class= "bld">Now.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">And.</span><p><span class= "bld">Had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it.</span>--Our version here most unwarrantably interpolates the word "<span class= "ital">had," </span>meaning it perhaps as a sort of explanatory gloss to imply that the conquest took place before the fact mentioned in the last verse. If we are right in supposing that these chapters refer in greater or less detail to events already touched upon in the Book of Joshua, we must then supplement this brief notice by <a href="/context/joshua/12-8.htm" title="In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:">Joshua 12:8-10</a>; <a href="/joshua/15-63.htm" title="As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.">Joshua 15:63</a>, from which it appears that though the people of Jerusalem were slaughtered, the king conquered, and the city burnt, yet the Jebusites either secured the citadel (as Josephus implies) or succeeded in recovering the city. In <a href="/context/judges/19-11.htm" title="And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.">Judges 19:11-12</a>, the city is called Jebus (with the remark, "which is Jerusalem"), and the Levite expressly refuses to enter it, because it is a "city of the Jebusites," "the city of a stranger."<p><span class= "bld">With the edge of the sword.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">with the mouth of the sword </span>(<a href="/genesis/34-26.htm" title="And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.">Genesis 34:26</a>; <a href="/joshua/8-24.htm" title="And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.">Joshua 8:24</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-28.htm" title="And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.">Joshua 10:28</a>. Comp. <a href="/judges/4-15.htm" title="And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.">Judges 4:15</a>; <a href="/judges/20-37.htm" title="And the liers in wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.">Judges 20:37</a>). It seems to mean that no quarter was given. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - Read <span class="accented">Fought against Jerusalem</span>, <span class="accented">and took it</span>, <span class="accented">and smote it.</span> It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon in conquering their respective lots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/1-8.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">Then the men</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָה֙</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">fought</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלָּחֲמ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feed on, to consume, to battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and captured it.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·kə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They put</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּכּ֖וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yak·kū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular<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">[the city] to the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֑רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and set</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלְּח֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šil·lə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָאֵֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/1-8.htm">OT History: Judges 1:8 The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem (Jd Judg. 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