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Judges 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Jerusalem Is Captured

(Jos 15:13–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:2 - And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:6 - But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.

Capture of Other Cities

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:11 - And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:22 - And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.

Places Not Conquered

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29 - And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:32 - but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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