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 1:1 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?

 1:1 ¶ Now afterº the deathº of Joshuaº it came to pass,º that the childrenº of Israelº askedºº the LORD,º saying,ºº Whoº shall go upºº for us againstº the Canaanitesº first,º to fightºº against them?

 1:2 And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

 1:2 And the LORDº said,ºº Judahº shall go up:ºº behold,º I have deliveredººº the landº into his hand.º

 1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

 1:3 And Judahº saidºº unto Simeonº his brother,º Come upºº withº me into my lot,º that we may fightºº against the Canaanites;º and Iº likewiseº will goºº withº thee into thy lot.º So Simeonº wentººº withº him.

 1:4 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.

 1:4 And Judahº went up;ºº and the LORDº deliveredººº the Canaanitesº and the Perizzitesº into their hand:º and they slewºº of them in Bezekº tenº thousandº men.º

 1:5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

 1:5 And they foundººº Adonibezekº in Bezek:º and they foughtºº against him, and they slewººº the Canaanitesº and the Perizzites.º

 1:6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

 1:6 But Adonibezekº fled;ºº and they pursuedºº afterº him, and caughtºº him, and cut offººº his thumbsºº and his great toes.º

 1:7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten 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 he died there.

 1:7 And Adonibezekº said,ºº Threescore and tenº kings,º having their thumbsºº and their great toesº cut off,ºº gatheredºº [their meat] underº my table:º asº I have done,ºº soº Godº hath requitedºº me. And they broughtºº him to Jerusalem,º and thereº he died.ºº

 1:8 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.

 1:8 Now the childrenº of Judahº had foughtºº against Jerusalem,º and had takenºº it, and smittenºº it with the edgeº of the sword,º and setºº the cityº on fire.º

 1:9 ¶ And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

 1:9 ¶ And afterwardº the childrenº of Judahº went downºº to fightºº against the Canaanites,º that dweltºº in the mountain,º and in the south,º and in the valley.º

 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

 1:10 And Judahº wentººº againstº the Canaanitesº that dweltºº in Hebron:º (now the nameº of Hebronº beforeº [was] Kirjatharba:)º and they slewººº Sheshai,º and Ahiman,º and Talmai.º

 1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)

 1:11 And from thenceºº he wentººº againstº the inhabitantsºº of Debir:º and the nameº of Debirº beforeº [was] Kirjathsepher:º

 1:12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

 1:12 And Calebº said,ºº He thatº smitethººº Kirjathsepher,º and takethºº it, to him will I giveººº Achsahºº my daughterº to wife.º

 1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

 1:13 And Othnielº the sonº of Kenaz,º Caleb'sº youngerº brother,º tookºº it: and he gaveºº himº Achsahºº his daughterº to wife.º

 1:14 And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

 1:14 And it came to pass,º when she cameºº [to him], that she movedºº him to askºº ofºº her fatherº a field:º and she lightedºº from offºº [her] ass;º and Calebº saidºº unto her, Whatº wilt thou?

 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

 1:15 And she saidºº unto him, Giveºº me a blessing:º forº thou hast givenºº me a southº land;º giveºº me also springsº of water.º And Calebº gaveºº herº the upperº springsº and the netherº springs.º

 1:16 ¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

 1:16 ¶ And the childrenº of the Kenite,º Moses'º father in law,ºº went upºº out of the cityºº of palm treesººº withº the childrenº of Judahº into the wildernessºº of Judah,º whichº [lieth] in the southº of Arad;º and they wentººº and dweltºº amongº the people.º

 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

 1:17 And Judahº wentººº withº Simeonº his brother,º and they slewººº the Canaanitesº that inhabitedºº Zephath,º and utterly destroyedºº it. Andº the nameº of the cityº was calledºº Hormah.º

 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.

 1:18 Also Judahº tookººº Gazaº withº the coastº thereof, and Askelonº with the coastº thereof, and Ekronº with the coastº thereof.

 1:19 And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of] the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

 1:19 And the LORDº wasº withº Judah;º and he drave outººº [the inhabitants of] the mountain;º butº could notº drive outººº the inhabitantsºº of the valley,º becauseº they had chariotsº of iron.º

 1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

 1:20 And they gaveººº Hebronº unto Caleb,º asº Mosesº said:ºº and he expelledºº thenceººº the threeº sonsº of Anak.º

 1:21 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.

 1:21 And the childrenº of Benjaminº did notº drive outºº the Jebusitesº that inhabitedºº Jerusalem;º but the Jebusitesº dwellºº withº the childrenº of Benjaminº in Jerusalemº untoº thisº day.º

 1:22 ¶ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.

 1:22 ¶ And the houseº of Joseph,º theyº alsoº went upºº against Bethel:º and the LORDº [was] withº them.

 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

 1:23 And the houseº of Josephº sent to descryºº Bethel.º (Now the nameº of the cityº beforeº [was] Luz.)º

 1:24 And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

 1:24 And the spiesºº sawºº a manº come forthºº out ofº the city,º and they saidºº unto him, Shewºº us, we pray thee,ºº the entranceº into the city,º and we will shewººº thee mercy.º

 1:25 And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

 1:25 And when he shewedºº themº the entranceº into the city,º they smoteººº the cityº with the edgeº of the sword;º but they let goºº the manº and allº his family.º

 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

 1:26 And the manº wentººº into the landº of the Hittites,º and builtºº a city,º and calledºº the nameº thereof Luz:º whichº [is] the nameº thereof untoº thisº day.º

 1:27 ¶ And Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach 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.

 1:27 ¶ Neitherº did Manassehº drive outººº [the inhabitants of] Bethsheanº and her towns,º nor Taanachº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Dorº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Ibleamº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Megiddoº and her towns:º but the Canaanitesº wouldºº dwellºº in thatº land.º

 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

 1:28 And it came to pass,º whenº Israelº was strong,ºº that they putººº the Canaanitesº to tribute,º and did notº utterlyºº drive them out.ºº

 1:29 ¶ And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

 1:29 ¶ Neitherº did Ephraimº drive outººº the Canaanitesº that dweltºº in Gezer;º but the Canaanitesº dweltºº in Gezerº amongº them.

 1:30 ¶ Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.

 1:30 ¶ Neitherº did Zebulunº drive outººº the inhabitantsºº of Kitron,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Nahalol;º but the Canaanitesº dweltºº amongº them, and becameº tributaries.º

 1:31 ¶ Asher drove not 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;

 1:31 ¶ Neitherº did Asherº drive outººº the inhabitantsºº of Accho,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Zidon,º nor of Ahlab,º nor of Achzib,º nor of Helbah,º nor of Aphik,º nor of Rehob:º

 1:32 but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

 1:32 But the Asheritesº dweltºº amongº the Canaanites,º the inhabitantsºº of the land:º forº they did notº drive them out.ºº

 1:33 ¶ Naphtali drove not out 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 subject to taskwork.

 1:33 ¶ Neitherº did Naphtaliº drive outººº the inhabitantsºº of Bethshemesh,º nor the inhabitantsºº of Bethanath;º but he dweltºº amongº the Canaanites,º the inhabitantsºº of the land:º nevertheless the inhabitantsºº of Bethshemeshº and of Bethanathº becameº tributariesº unto them.

 1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;

 1:34 And the Amoritesº forcedººº the childrenº of Danº into the mountain:º forº they would notº sufferºº them to come downºº to the valley:º

 1:35 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 subject to taskwork.

 1:35 But the Amoritesº wouldºº dwellºº in mountº Heresº in Aijalon,º and in Shaalbim:º yet the handº of the houseº of Josephº prevailed,ºº so that they becameº tributaries.º

 1:36 And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

 1:36 And the coastº of the Amoritesº [was] from the going upºº to Akrabbim,ºº from the rock,ºº and upward.º