Judges 1 (NET)

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Judges 1:1¹After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 20:18 Num 27:21 Judg 20:28 1 Sam 23:9-10 Exod 28:30 1 Sam 22:9-10 Josh 24:29-30 Judg 1:27 Judg 3:1-6

Judges 1:2²The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:5 Heb 7:14 Gen 49:8-10 Num 2:3 Num 7:12 Ps 78:68-70 Rev 19:11-16

Judges 1:3³The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 10:11 Josh 19:1 Judg 1:17 Gen 29:33

Judges 1:4⁴The men of Judah attacked, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed 10,000 men at Bezek.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:8 Josh 11:6-8 1 Kgs 22:15 1 Kgs 22:6 1 Sam 14:10 1 Sam 14:6 1 Sam 17:46-47 Deut 7:2 Deut 9:3 Exod 23:28-29

Judges 1:5⁵They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 1:6⁶When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 1:7⁷Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 13:10 1 Sam 15:33 Jas 2:13 Lev 24:19-21 Luke 6:37-38 Exod 21:23-25 Matt 7:1-2 Rom 2:15 Isa 33:1 Rev 16:6

Judges 1:8⁸The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:63 Judg 1:21

Judges 1:9⁹Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:36 Josh 11:21 Josh 15:13-20

Judges 1:10¹⁰The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 14:15 Num 13:22 Eccl 9:11 Jer 9:23 Josh 15:13-19 Judg 1:20 Num 13:33 Ps 33:16-17

Judges 1:11¹¹From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:15 Josh 10:38-39

Judges 1:12¹²Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:16-17 1 Sam 17:25 1 Sam 18:23

Judges 1:13¹³When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:9

Judges 1:14¹⁴One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:18-19

Judges 1:15¹⁵She answered, “Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 6:7 1 Pet 3:9 1 Sam 25:18 1 Sam 25:27 2 Cor 9:5 Gen 33:11

Judges 1:16¹⁶Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of date palm trees to Arad in the wilderness of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 10:29-32 Judg 4:11 1 Sam 15:6 Deut 34:3 Num 21:1 Judg 3:13 Judg 4:17 1 Chr 2:15 2 Chr 28:16 Exod 18:1

Judges 1:17¹⁷The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 21:3 2 Chr 14:10 Josh 19:4 Judg 1:3 Num 14:45

Judges 1:18¹⁸The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:22 Judg 3:3 1 Sam 6:17 Exod 23:31 Josh 13:3 Josh 15:45-47 Judg 16:1-2 Judg 16:21

Judges 1:19¹⁹The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 41:10 Ps 60:12 Judg 1:2 Isa 41:14-15 Matt 1:23 Matt 14:30-31 Matt 17:19-20 Phil 4:13 Rom 8:31 2 Kgs 18:7

Judges 1:20²⁰Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 1:10 Deut 1:36 Josh 15:13-14 Num 14:24 Josh 14:9-14 Josh 21:11-12 Num 13:22

Judges 1:21²¹The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:63 2 Sam 5:6-9 Josh 18:11-28 Judg 1:8 Judg 19:10-12

Judges 1:22²²When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 1:19 1 Chr 7:29 2 Kgs 18:7 Gen 49:24 Josh 14:4 Josh 16:1-4 Num 1:10 Num 1:32 Rev 7:8

Judges 1:23²³When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 28:19 Gen 48:3 Gen 35:6 Josh 2:1 Josh 7:2 Judg 18:2

Judges 1:24²⁴the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:15 Josh 2:12-14

Judges 1:25²⁵He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 6:22-25

Judges 1:26²⁶He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 7:6 2 Chr 1:17

Judges 1:27²⁷The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 48:10 Josh 17:11-13 Ps 106:34-35 1 Sam 15:9 Deut 7:2 Exod 23:32 Josh 21:25 Judg 1:1 Judg 5:19

Judges 1:28²⁸Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 1:29²⁹The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:16 Josh 16:10

Judges 1:30³⁰The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 19:15

Judges 1:31³¹The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, nor did they conquer Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 19:24-30

Judges 1:32³²The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 106:34-35

Judges 1:33³³The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 19:32-38 Ps 18:24 Judg 1:30 Judg 1:35

Judges 1:34³⁴The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 19:47 Judg 18:1

Judges 1:35³⁵The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:12 Josh 19:42 Judg 12:12 1 Kgs 4:9

Judges 1:36³⁶The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 34:4 Josh 15:2-3