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THE BOOKE OF IUDGES

CHAPTER I

HOW after the death of Ioshua, it came to passe, The actes of
that the children of Israel asked the LORD, Iudah and
Simeon.
saying, Who shal goe up for us against the
Canaanites first, to fight against them? And
the LORD sayd, Iudah shall goe up: Behold, I
have delivered the land into his hand. And
Iudah saide unto Simeon his brother, Come
up with me into my lot, that wee may fight
against the Canaanites, and I likewise will goe

with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And Iudah Adoni-bezek
went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites iustly requited.
into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand
men. And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought
against him, and they slew the Canaanites, and the Perizzites. But
Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and
cut off his thumbes, and his great toes. And Adoni-bezek said,
Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great
toes cut off, gathered their meate under my table: as I have done,
so God hath requited mee, and they brought him to Ierusalem,
and there he died. (Now the children of Iudah had fought Hierusalem
against Ierusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge taken.
of the sword, and set the citie on fire)

And afterward the children of fudah went downe to fight

against the Canaanites that dwelt in the mountaine, and in the

South, and in the valley. And Iudah went against the Canaanites Hebron taken. that dwelt in Hebron (nowe the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

for taking of

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, (and Othniel hath the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher) And Caleb said, Hee Achsah to wife that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Debir. Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it: and he gave him Achsah his

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CHAPTER daughter to wife. . And it came to passe when shee came to him, that she moved him to aske of her father a field: and shee lighted from off her asse, and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given mee a South land, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

The Kenites

dwel in fudah.

Hormah, Gaza,

Askelon and
Ekron taken.

The acts of
Beniamin.

Of the house of Ioseph, who take Bethel.

Of Zebulun.

the

And the children of the Kenite, Moses father in law, went up out of the citie of palme trees, with the children of Iudah into the wildernesse of Iudah, which lieth in the South of Arad, and they went and dwelt among the people. And Iudah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it, (and the name of the citie was called Hormah.) Also Iudah tooke Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. And the LORD was with Iudah, and hee drave out the inhabitants of the mountaine, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had charets of yron. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses saide: and hee expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak. And the children of Beniamin did not drive out the Iebusites that inhabited Ierusalem: but the Iebusites dwel with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem, unto this day.

And the house of Ioseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. And the house of Ioseph sent to descrie Bethel (now the name of the citie before was Luz) And the spies sawe a man come forth out of the citie, and they said unto him, Shew us, wee pray thee, the entrance into the citie, and we will shew thee mercie. And when hee shewed them the entrance into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sword: but they let goe the man and all his familie. And the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean, and her townes, nor Taanach and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Dor, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her townes: but the Canaanites would dwel in that land. And it came to passe when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol: but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.