Judges 1:19-36
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 The Lord was with(A) Judah and enabled them to take possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out(B) the people who were living in the valley because those people had iron chariots.[a](C)
20 Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had promised.(D) Then Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak(E) who lived there.[b]
Benjamin’s Failure
21 At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.(F)
Success of the House of Joseph
22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with(G) them. 23 They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz(H)). 24 The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”(I) 25 When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family. 26 Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.
Failure of the Other Tribes
27 At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean[c](J) and its villages,[d] or Taanach(K) and its villages, or the residents of Dor(L) and its villages, or the residents of Ibleam[e](M) and its villages, or the residents of Megiddo(N) and its villages; the Canaanites refused to leave[f] this land.(O) 28 When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.(P)
29 At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.[g](Q)
30 Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol,(R) so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor.
31 Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco[h] or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.
33 Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.
34 The Amorites(S) forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. 35 The Amorites refused to leave[i] Har-heres, Aijalon,(T) and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand,[j] the Amorites[k] were made to serve as forced labor. 36 The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim,(U) that is from Sela(V) upward.
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- Judges 1:19 LXX reads hill country, for they were not able to drive out the residents of the valley because Rechab separated it
- Judges 1:20 LXX reads And he inherited from there the three cities of the sons of Anak.
- Judges 1:27 LXX reads Beth-shean, which is a Scythian city
- Judges 1:27 LXX reads its villages or the fields around it
- Judges 1:27 LXX reads Balaam
- Judges 1:27 LXX reads Canaanites began to live in
- Judges 1:29 LXX reads Gezer, and became forced labor
- Judges 1:31 LXX reads Acco, and they became for him forced labor and the residents of Dor
- Judges 1:35 Or Amorites determined to live in
- Judges 1:35 Lit When the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy
- Judges 1:35 LXX reads Joseph became strong on the Amorites, they
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