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Israel Wars with the Canaanites

And it came to pass after the decease of Joshua, that [⁴asked ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] in the LORD, saying, Who shall ascend with us against the Canaanite guiding to wage war against them.

²And the LORD said, Judah shall ascend; behold, I have put the land in his hand.

³And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Ascend with me unto my lot, for we should wage war with the Canaanite, and I shall go also with you unto your lot. And [²went ³with ⁴him ¹Simeon].

⁴And Judah ascended. And the LORD gave the Canaanite and the Perizzite into his hand; and they struck them in Bezek -- ten thousand men.

⁵And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek. And they waged war with him, and they struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

⁶And Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off the thumbs of his hands, and the big toes of his feet.

⁷And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings the thumbs of their hands, and the big toes of their feet being cut off were collected together underneath my table. As then I did, so [²recompensed ³to me ¹God]. And they led him unto Jerusalem, and he died there.

⁸And [⁴waged war ¹the ²sons ³of Judah] with Jerusalem, and overtook it, and struck it by the mouth of the broadsword, and the city they burnt with fire.

⁹And after these things [⁴went down ¹the ²sons ³of Judah] to wage war with the Canaanite dwelling the mountainous area, and the south, and the plain country.

¹⁰And Judah went to the Canaanite dwelling in Hebron; and the name Hebron was formerly Kirjath-arba. And they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, offspring of the Anak.

¹¹And they went from there to the ones dwelling in Debir; and the name Debir was formerly Kirjath-sepher -- City of Letters.

¹²And Caleb said, Who ever should strike the City of Letters, and be first to take it, I will give to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.

¹³And first to take it was Othniel son of Kenaz, [³brother ⁴of Caleb ¹the ²younger]. And he gave to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

¹⁴And it came to pass in her entering, that he stirred her to ask for [²from ³her father ¹a field]. And she grumbled upon her beast of burden. And [²said ³to her ¹Caleb], What is it with you?

¹⁵And [²said ³to him ¹Achsah], Give indeed to me a blessing, for into the land of the south you have handed me over, and you shall give to me a ransoming of water. And [²gave ³to her ¹Caleb] the ransom of the elevated springs, and the ransom of the ones below.

¹⁶And the sons of Jothor the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, ascended from out of the city of the palms to the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, the one being in the south upon the descent of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

¹⁷And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanite dwelling in Zephath, and they devoted it to consumption, and utterly destroyed it. And they called the name of the city, Devastation.

¹⁸And Judah inherited Gaza and her border; and Ekron and her border, and Ashkelon and her border and Ashdod and her outskirts.

¹⁹And the LORD was with Judah; and he inherited the mountain, for he was not able to inherit the ones dwelling in the valley, for it was separated to them, and there were chariots of iron to them.

²⁰And they gave [²to ³Caleb ¹Hebron], as Moses spoke. And he removed there the three sons of Anak.

²¹And [⁵the ⁶Jebusite ⁷dwelling ⁸Jerusalem ⁴did not remove ¹the ²sons ³of Benjamin]. And [³dwelt ¹the ²Jebusite] with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

²²And [⁴ascended ¹the ²sons ³of Joseph], and indeed they went into Beth-el, and the LORD was with them.

²³And they camped, and surveyed Beth-el; and the name of the city was formerly Luz.

²⁴And [³beheld ¹the ²ones keeping guard] a man going forth from out of the city, and they took him, and they said to him, Show to us the entrance of the city, and we will deal [²with ³you ¹mercifully].

²⁵And he showed to them the entrance of the city; and they struck the city by the mouth of the broadsword; but the man and his kin they sent out.

²⁶And [³went forth ¹the ²man] into the land of the Hittite, and he built there a city, and he called the name of it, Luz; this is its name until this day.

²⁷And [²did not ³remove ¹Manasseh] Beth-shean nor its daughter towns, nor Taanach and her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling in Dor and her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling Megiddo and her daughter towns, nor the ones dwelling Ibleam nor her daughter towns. And [³began ¹the ²Canaanite] to dwell in this land.

²⁸And it came to pass when Israel grew in strength, that he established the Canaanite for tribute, but by removing he did not remove him.

²⁹And Ephraim did not remove the Canaanite dwelling in Gezer; and [³dwelt ¹the ²Canaanite] in the midst of him in Gezer.

³⁰And Zebulun did not remove the ones dwelling in Kitron, and the ones dwelling Nahalol. And [³dwelt ¹the ²Canaanite] in the midst of them, and it became for tribute.

³¹And Asher did not remove the ones dwelling Accho, and the ones dwelling Sidon, and the ones dwelling Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.

³²And Asher dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite dwelling in the land; for he was not able to remove him.

³³And Naphtali did not remove the ones dwelling in Beth-shemesh, and the ones dwelling in Beth-anath. And Naphtali dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite dwelling in the land. But the ones dwelling in Beth-shemesh and in Beth-anath became to them for tribute.

³⁴And [³squeezed out ¹the ²Amorite] the sons of Dan into the mountain; for they did not let him go down into the valley.

³⁵And [³began ¹the ²Amorite] to dwell in mount Heres of which the bears and the foxes are; and [⁵was oppressive ¹the ²hand ³of the house ⁴of Joseph] upon the Amorite, and he became for tribute.

³⁶And the border of the Amorite was from the ascending of Akrabbim, from the rock, and above.