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 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? 2 And Jehovah 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 Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote 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 food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote 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 hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.) 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-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 unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, 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’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote 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 border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof. 19 And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out 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 Jehovah was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.) 24 And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee. 25 And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go 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 And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

29 And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30 Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.

31 Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, 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 Naphtali drove not 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 subject to taskwork.

34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; 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 subject to taskwork. 36 And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?"

2 The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands."

3 The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, "Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours." So the Simeonites went with them.

4 When Judah attacked, the LORD gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

5 It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7 Then Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

9 After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills.

10 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

11 From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).

12 And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher."

13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

14 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him "to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?"

15 She replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms "with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.

17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed "the city. Therefore it was called Hormah. [^4]

18 Judah also took "Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron —each city with its territory.

19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.

20 As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.

21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

22 Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

23 When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),

24 the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well."

25 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.

26 He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

27 But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.

28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.

29 Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor.

31 Nor did Asher drive out those living in Akko or Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob.

32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them.

34 The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.

35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.

36 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.