The acts of Judah and Simeon.

1 ¶ Now afterº the deathº of Joshuaº it came to pass,² that the childrenº of Israelº askedºª the LORD,º saying,ºª Who² shall go upºª for us against² the Canaanitesº first,º to fightºª against them? 2 And the LORDº said,ºª Judahº shall go up:ºª behold,² I have deliveredºª² the landº into his hand.º 3 And Judahº saidºª unto Simeonº his brother,º Come upºª with² me into my lot,º that we may fightºª against the Canaanites;º and I² likewise² will goºª with² thee into thy lot.º So Simeonº went¹ª² with² him. 4 And Judahº went up;ºª and the LORDº deliveredºª² the Canaanitesº and the Perizzitesº into their hand:º and they slewºª of them in Bezekº tenº thousandº men.º

Adoni-bezek justly requited.

5 And they foundºª² Adonibezekº in Bezek:º and they foughtºª against him, and they slewºª² the Canaanitesº and the Perizzites.º 6 But Adonibezekº fled;ºª and they pursuedºª afterº him, and caughtºª him, and cut offºª² his thumbsºº and his great toes.º 7 And Adonibezekº said,ºª Threescore and tenº kings,º having their thumbsºº and their great toesº cut off,ºª gatheredºª [their meat] under² my table:º as² I have done,ºª so² Godº hath requitedºª me. And they broughtºª him to Jerusalem,º and there² he died.ºª

Jerusalem taken.

8 Now the childrenº of Judahº had foughtºª against Jerusalem,º and had takenºª it, and smittenºª it with the edgeº of the sword,º and setºª the cityº on fire.º

9 ¶ And afterwardº the childrenº of Judahº went downºª to fightºª against the Canaanites,º that dweltºª in the mountain,º and in the south,º and in the valley.º

Hebron taken.

10 And Judahº went¹ª² against² the Canaanitesº that dweltºª in Hebron:º (now the nameº of Hebronº beforeº [was] Kirjatharba:)º and they slewºª² Sheshai,º and Ahiman,º and Talmai.º 11 And from thence²² he went¹ª² against² the inhabitantsºª of Debir:º and the nameº of Debirº beforeº [was] Kirjathsepher:º 12 And Calebº said,ºª He that² smitethºª² Kirjathsepher,º and takethºª it, to him will I giveºª² Achsah¹² my daughterº to wife.º

Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir.

13 And Othnielº the sonº of Kenaz,º Caleb'sº youngerº brother,º tookºª it: and he gaveºª him² Achsah¹² his daughterº to wife.º 14 And it came to pass,² when she cameºª [to him], that she movedºª him to askºª of²² her fatherº a field:º and she lightedºª from off²² [her] ass;º and Calebº saidºª unto her, What² wilt thou? 15 And she saidºª unto him, Giveºª me a blessing:º for² thou hast givenºª me a southº land;º giveºª me also springsº of water.º And Calebº gaveºª her² the upperº springsº and the netherº springs.º

The Kenites dwell in Judah.

16 ¶ And the childrenº of the Kenite,º Moses'º father in law,ºª went upºª out of the cityº² of palm treesºª¹ with² the childrenº of Judahº into the wildernessº² of Judah,º which² [lieth] in the southº of Arad;º and they went¹ª² and dweltºª amongº the people.º

Hormah, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron taken.

17 And Judahº went¹ª² with² Simeonº his brother,º and they slewºª² the Canaanitesº that inhabitedºª Zephath,º and utterly destroyedºª it. And² the nameº of the cityº was calledºª Hormah.º 18 Also Judahº tookºª² Gazaº with² the coastº thereof, and Askelonº with the coastº thereof, and Ekronº with the coastº thereof. 19 And the LORDº was² with² Judah;º and he drave outºª² [the inhabitants of] the mountain;º but² could notº drive outºª² the inhabitantsºª of the valley,º because² they had chariotsº of iron.º 20 And they gaveºª² Hebronº unto Caleb,º as² Mosesº said:ºª and he expelledºª thence²²² the threeº sonsº of Anak.º

The acts of Benjamin.

21 And the childrenº of Benjaminº did not² drive outºª the Jebusitesº that inhabitedºª Jerusalem;º but the Jebusitesº dwellºª with² the childrenº of Benjaminº in Jerusalemº unto² this² day.º

Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el.

22 ¶ And the houseº of Joseph,º they² also² went upºª against Bethel:º and the LORDº [was] with² them. 23 And the houseº of Josephº sent to descryºª Bethel.º (Now the nameº of the cityº beforeº [was] Luz.)º 24 And the spiesºª sawºª a manº come forthºª out of² the city,º and they saidºª unto him, Shewºª us, we pray thee,²² the entranceº into the city,º and we will shewºª² thee mercy.º 25 And when he shewedºª them² the entranceº into the city,º they smoteºª² the cityº with the edgeº of the sword;º but they let goºª the manº and all² his family.º 26 And the manº went¹ª² into the landº of the Hittites,º and builtºª a city,º and calledºª the nameº thereof Luz:º which² [is] the nameº thereof unto² this² day.º

27 ¶ Neither² did Manassehº drive outºª² [the inhabitants of] Bethsheanº and her towns,º nor Taanachº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Dorº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Ibleamº and her towns,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Megiddoº and her towns:º but the Canaanitesº wouldºª dwellºª in that² land.º 28 And it came to pass,² when² Israelº was strong,ºª that they putºª² the Canaanitesº to tribute,º and did not² utterly¹ª drive them out.ºª

29 ¶ Neither² did Ephraimº drive outºª² the Canaanitesº that dweltºª in Gezer;º but the Canaanitesº dweltºª in Gezerº amongº them.

Of Zebulun.

30 ¶ Neither² did Zebulunº drive outºª² the inhabitantsºª of Kitron,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Nahalol;º but the Canaanitesº dweltºª amongº them, and became² tributaries.º

Of Asher.

31 ¶ Neither² did Asherº drive outºª² the inhabitantsºª of Accho,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Zidon,º nor of Ahlab,º nor of Achzib,º nor of Helbah,º nor of Aphik,º nor of Rehob:º 32 But the Asheritesº dweltºª amongº the Canaanites,º the inhabitantsºª of the land:º for² they did not² drive them out.ºª

Of Naphtali.

33 ¶ Neither² did Naphtaliº drive outºª² the inhabitantsºª of Bethshemesh,º nor the inhabitantsºª of Bethanath;º but he dweltºª amongº the Canaanites,º the inhabitantsºª of the land:º nevertheless the inhabitantsºª of Bethshemeshº and of Bethanathº became² tributariesº unto them.

Of Dan.

34 And the Amoritesº forcedºª² the childrenº of Danº into the mountain:º for² they would not² sufferºª them to come downºª to the valley:º 35 But the Amoritesº wouldºª dwellºª in mountº Heresº in Aijalon,º and in Shaalbim:º yet the handº of the houseº of Josephº prevailed,ºª so that they became² tributaries.º 36 And the coastº of the Amoritesº [was] from the going upº² to Akrabbim,¹² from the rock,º² and upward.º