1Now 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? 2And the LORD 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 the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men . 5And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek : and they fought against him, and they slew 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 meat under my table : as I have done , so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem , and there he died . 8Now 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 . 9And 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 . 10And 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 .
The Tribes of Judah and Simeon
11And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher : 12And Caleb said , He that smiteth Kirjath-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 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? 15And 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 . 16And 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 . 17And 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 . 18Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19And 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 . 20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses said : and he expelled 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 the LORD was with them. 23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el . (Now the name of the city before was Luz .) 24And 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 . 25And 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 . 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 . 27Neither 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 . 28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong , that they put the Canaanites to tribute , and did not utterly drive them out . 29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries . 31Neither 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 : 32But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out . 33Neither 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. 34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : 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 tributaries . 36And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim , from the rock , and upward .