¶ Now¹ after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked² the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

³And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

And Judah said unto Simeon⁴ his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise⁵ will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

And Judah went up; and the LORD⁶ delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek⁷ ten thousand men.

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs⁸ and their great toes cut off, gathered⁹ their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

¹⁰Now 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.

¶ And afterward¹¹ the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley¹².

¶ And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba¹³:) and they slew Sheshai¹⁴, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir¹⁵: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

And Caleb¹⁶ said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him¹⁷ will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

¹⁸And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

And it came¹⁹ to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted²⁰ from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing²¹: for thou hast given me a south land²²; give me also springs of water²³. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

And the children of the Kenite²⁴, Moses²⁵' father in law, went up out of the city of palm²⁶ trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which²⁷ lieth in the south of Arad; and they went²⁸ and dwelt among the people.

And Judah²⁹ went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath³⁰, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

Also Judah³² took Gaza³³ with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

And the LORD³⁵ was with Judah; and he drave³⁶ out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots³⁷ of iron.

¶ And they gave³⁸ Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons³⁹ of Anak.

¶⁴⁰And 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.

And the house⁴¹ of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD⁴² was with them.

And the house of Joseph sent⁴³ to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz⁴⁴.)

And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will⁴⁵ shew thee mercy.

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote⁴⁶ the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

And the man went into the land⁴⁷ of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

Neither did Manasseh⁴⁸ drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach⁴⁹ and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites⁵⁰ would dwell in that land.

And it came to pass, 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 Kitron⁵², nor the inhabitants of Nahalol⁵³; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Neither did Asher⁵⁴ drive out the inhabitants of Accho⁵⁵, nor the inhabitants of Zidon⁵⁶, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib⁵⁷, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

⁵⁸But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

Neither did Naphtali⁵⁹ drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt⁶⁰ among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became⁶¹ tributaries unto them.

⁶²And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon⁶³, and in Shaalbim⁶⁴: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed⁶⁵, so that they became tributaries.

And the coast of the Amorites was from the going⁶⁶ up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.