1And 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 ? 2And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up : behold , I have delivered the land into his hand . 3And 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 . 4And Judah went up ; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him , and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites . 6But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they pursued after him , and caught him , and cut off his thumbs and his great toes . 7And 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 . 8And 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. 9And 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 . 10And 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 .
The Tribes of Judah and Simeon
11And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir . ( Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher .) 12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher , and taketh it , to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13And Othniel the son of Kenaz , Caleb ’s younger brother, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14And 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 ? 15And 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 . 16And 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 . 17And 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 . 18Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof. 19And 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 . 20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses had spoken : and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.
The Partial Conquest and Compromise
21And 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 . 22And the house of Joseph , they also went up against Beth-el ; and Jehovah was with them . 23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el . (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz .) 24And 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 . 25And 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 . 26And 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 . 27And 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. 28And it came to pass , when Israel was waxed strong , that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out . 29And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them . 30Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them , and became subject to taskwork. 31Asher 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 ; 32but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out . 33Naphtali 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. 34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley ; 35but 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. 36And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim , from the rock , and upward .