1 Depois da morte de Josué, os filhos de Israel consultaram o Senhor, dizendo: Quem dentre nós, primeiro, subirá aos cananeus para pelejar contra eles? 2 Respondeu o Senhor: Judá subirá; eis que nas suas mãos entreguei a terra. 3 Disse, pois, Judá a Simeão, seu irmão: Sobe comigo à herança que me caiu por sorte, e pelejemos contra os cananeus, e também eu subirei contigo à tua, que te caiu por sorte. E Simeão partiu com ele. 4 Subiu Judá, e o Senhor lhe entregou nas mãos os cananeus e os ferezeus; e feriram deles, em Bezeque, dez mil homens. 5 Em Bezeque, encontraram Adoni-Bezeque e pelejaram contra ele; e feriram aos cananeus e aos ferezeus. 6 Adoni-Bezeque, porém, fugiu; mas o perseguiram e, prendendo-o, lhe cortaram os polegares das mãos e dos pés. 7 Então, disse Adoni-Bezeque: Setenta reis, a quem haviam sido cortados os polegares das mãos e dos pés, apanhavam migalhas debaixo da minha mesa; assim como eu fiz, assim Deus me pagou. E o levaram a Jerusalém, e morreu ali.

8 Os filhos de Judá pelejaram contra Jerusalém e, tomando-a, passaram-na a fio de espada, pondo fogo à cidade. 9 Depois, os filhos de Judá desceram a pelejar contra os cananeus que habitavam nas montanhas, no Neguebe e nas planícies. 10 Partiu Judá contra os cananeus que habitavam em Hebrom, cujo nome, outrora, era Quiriate-Arba, e Judá feriu a Sesai, a Aimã e a Talmai.

11 Dali partiu contra os moradores de Debir; e era, dantes, o nome de Debir Quiriate-Sefer. 12 Disse Calebe: A quem derrotar Quiriate-Sefer e a tomar, darei minha filha Acsa por mulher. 13 Tomou-a, pois, Otniel, filho de Quenaz, o irmão de Calebe, mais novo do que ele; e Calebe lhe deu sua filha Acsa por mulher. 14 Esta, quando se foi a ele, insistiu com ele para que pedisse um campo ao pai dela; e ela apeou do jumento; então, Calebe lhe perguntou: Que desejas? 15 Respondeu ela: Dá-me um presente; deste-me terra seca, dá-me também fontes de água. Então, Calebe lhe deu as fontes superiores e as fontes inferiores.

16 Os filhos do queneu, sogro de Moisés, subiram, com os filhos de Judá, da cidade das Palmeiras ao deserto de Judá, que está ao sul de Arade; foram e habitaram com este povo. 17 Foi-se, pois, Judá com Simeão, seu irmão, e feriram aos cananeus que habitavam em Zefate e totalmente a destruíram; por isso, lhe chamaram Horma. 18 Tomou ainda Judá a Gaza, a Asquelom e a Ecrom com os seus respectivos territórios. 19 Esteve o Senhor com Judá, e este despovoou as montanhas; porém não expulsou os moradores do vale, porquanto tinham carros de ferro. 20 E, como Moisés o dissera, deram Hebrom a Calebe, e este expulsou dali os três filhos de Anaque.

21 Porém os filhos de Benjamim não expulsaram os jebuseus que habitavam em Jerusalém; antes, os jebuseus habitam com os filhos de Benjamim em Jerusalém, até ao dia de hoje.

22 Subiu também a casa de José contra Betel, e o Senhor era com eles. 23 A casa de José enviou homens a espiar Betel, cujo nome, dantes, era Luz. 24 Vendo os espias um homem que saía da cidade, lhe disseram: Mostra-nos a entrada da cidade, e usaremos de misericórdia para contigo. 25 Mostrando-lhes ele a entrada da cidade, feriram a cidade a fio de espada; porém, àquele homem e a toda a sua família, deixaram ir. 26 Então, se foi ele à terra dos heteus, e edificou uma cidade, e lhe chamou Luz; este é o seu nome até ao dia de hoje.

27 Manassés não expulsou os habitantes de Bete-Seã, nem os de Taanaque, nem os de Dor, nem os de Ibleão, nem os de Megido, todas com suas respectivas aldeias; pelo que os cananeus lograram permanecer na mesma terra. 28 Quando, porém, Israel se tornou mais forte, sujeitou os cananeus a trabalhos forçados e não os expulsou de todo.

29 Efraim não expulsou os cananeus, habitantes de Gezer; antes, continuaram com ele em Gezer.

30 Zebulom não expulsou os habitantes de Quitrom, nem os de Naalol; porém os cananeus continuaram com ele, sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.

31 Aser não expulsou os habitantes de Aco, nem os de Sidom, os de Alabe, os de Aczibe, os de Helba, os de Afeca e os de Reobe; 32 porém os aseritas continuaram no meio dos cananeus que habitavam na terra, porquanto os não expulsaram.

33 Naftali não expulsou os habitantes de Bete-Semes, nem os de Bete-Anate; mas continuou no meio dos cananeus que habitavam na terra; porém os de Bete-Semes e Bete-Anate lhe foram sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.

34 Os amorreus arredaram os filhos de Dã até às montanhas e não os deixavam descer ao vale. 35 Porém os amorreus lograram habitar nas montanhas de Heres, em Aijalom e em Saalabim; contudo, a mão da casa de José prevaleceu, e foram sujeitos a trabalhos forçados. 36 O limite dos amorreus foi desde a subida de Acrabim e desde Sela para cima.

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 to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your 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 Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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

7 And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God has 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 dwelled in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelled in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

12 And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb' 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 to her, What will you?

15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for you have 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 lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelled 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 drove 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 to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled there 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 to this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (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 to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.

25 And when he showed 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 to this day.

27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean 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 dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelled in Gezer among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelled 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 dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries to 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.