1 Post mortem Iosue consuluerunt filii Israhel Dominum dicentes
quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananeum et erit dux belli
2 dixitque Dominus Iudas ascendet
ecce tradidi terram in manus eius
3 et ait Iudas Symeoni fratri suo
ascende mecum in sorte mea et pugna contra Chananeum
ut et ego pergam tecum in sorte tua
et abiit cum eo Symeon
4 ascenditque Iudas
et tradidit Dominus Chananeum ac Ferezeum in manus eorum
et percusserunt in Bezec decem milia virorum
5 inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec
et pugnaverunt contra eum
ac percusserunt Chananeum et Ferezeum
6 fugit autem Adonibezec quem secuti conprehenderunt
caesis summitatibus manuum eius ac pedum
7 dixitque Adonibezec
septuaginta reges amputatis manuum ac pedum summitatibus
colligebant sub mensa mea ciborum reliquias
sicut feci ita reddidit mihi Deus
adduxeruntque eum in Hierusalem et ibi mortuus est
8 obpugnantes ergo filii Iuda Hierusalem ceperunt eam
et percusserunt in ore gladii tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem
9 et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananeum
qui habitabat in montanis et ad meridiem et in campestribus
10 pergensque Iudas contra Chananeum qui habitabat in Hebron
cui nomen fuit antiquitus Cariatharbe
percussit Sisai et Ahiman et Tholmai
11 atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir
cuius nomen vetus erat Cariathsepher id est civitas Litterarum
12 dixitque Chaleb
qui percusserit Cariathsepher et vastaverit eam
dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem
13 cumque cepisset eam Othonihel filius Cenez frater Chaleb minor
dedit ei filiam suam coniugem
14 quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus
ut peteret a patre suo agrum
quae cum suspirasset sedens asino
dixit ei Chaleb quid habes
15 at illa respondit da mihi benedictionem
quia terram arentem dedisti mihi da et inriguam aquis
dedit ergo ei Chaleb inriguum superius et inriguum inferius
16 filii autem Cinei cognati Mosi
ascenderunt de civitate Palmarum cum filiis Iuda
in desertum sortis eius quod est ad meridiem Arad
et habitaverunt cum eo
17 abiit autem Iudas cum Symeone fratre suo
et percusserunt simul Chananeum qui habitabat in Sephath
et interfecerunt eum
vocatumque est nomen urbis Horma id est anathema
18 cepitque Iudas Gazam cum finibus suis
et Ascalonem atque Accaron cum terminis suis
19 fuitque Dominus cum Iuda et montana possedit
nec potuit delere habitatores vallis quia falcatis curribus abundabant
20 dederuntque Chaleb Hebron sicut dixerat Moses
qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enach
21 Iebuseum autem habitatorem Hierusalem non deleverunt filii Beniamin
habitavitque Iebuseus cum filiis Beniamin in Hierusalem
usque in praesentem diem
22 domus quoque Ioseph ascendit in Bethel fuitque Dominus cum eis
23 nam cum obsiderent urbem quae prius Luza vocabatur
24 viderunt hominem egredientem de civitate dixeruntque ad eum
ostende nobis introitum civitatis et faciemus tecum misericordiam
25 qui cum ostendisset eis percusserunt urbem in ore gladii
hominem autem illum et omnem cognationem eius dimiserunt
26 qui dimissus abiit in terram Etthim et aedificavit ibi civitatem
vocavitque eam Luzam
quae ita appellatur usque in praesentem diem
27 Manasses quoque non delevit Bethsan et Thanach cum viculis suis
et habitatores Dor et Ieblaam
et Mageddo cum viculis suis
coepitque Chananeus habitare cum eis
28 postquam autem confortatus est Israhel
fecit eos tributarios et delere noluit
29 Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananeum qui habitabat in Gazer
sed habitavit cum eo
30 Zabulon non delevit habitatores Cetron et Naalon
sed habitavit Chananeus in medio eius factusque est ei tributarius
31 Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Achcho et Sidonis
Alab et Achazib et Alba et Afec et Roob
32 habitavitque in medio Chananei habitatoris illius terrae
nec interfecit eum
33 Nepthali non delevit habitatores Bethsemes et Bethanath
et habitavit inter Chananeum habitatorem terrae
fueruntque ei Bethsemitae et Bethanitae tributarii
34 artavitque Amorreus filios Dan in monte
nec dedit eis locum ut ad planiora descenderent
35 habitavitque in monte Hares quod interpretatur testaceo
in Ahilon et Salabim
et adgravata est manus domus Ioseph factusque est ei tributarius
36 fuit autem terminus Amorrei
ab ascensu Scorpionis Petra et superiora loca
1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 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. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 Now 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.
9 ¶ And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
16 ¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
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.
22 ¶ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 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 will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 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.
27 ¶ Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach 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 Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
29 ¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
30 ¶ Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31 ¶ Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 ¶ Neither did Naphtali drive 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 tributaries unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 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 tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.