Perizzites into their hand, and smote Beshek ten thousand men.

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

But Adoni-besek fled, and they pursued after him: and when they had laid hold on him, they cut off his thumbs on his hands and on his feet.

And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings with the thumbs of their hands and feet hewed up under my table. As I have done, so hath God recompensed me: And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

But the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took her, and smote her with the edge
of the sword, and burned the city.

And the children of Judah came down to fight against the Canaanites, which dwelt in the mountains, and in the south country, and in the valley.

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron, (for Hebron was called Kiriatharba in the days of old,) and smote Shesai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And he departed thence against the inhabitants of Debir. And the name of Debir was Kiriath-sepher in the days of old.

And Caleb said, Whosoever shall smite Kiriath-shepher, and win him, to him will I give my daughter Achsah to wife.

And Athniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s youngest brother, took her. And he gave him his daughter Achsah to wife.

And it came to pass, when she was come in, that she was told to demand a field of her father: and she fell down from off her ass. And Caleb said unto her, What is the matter with thee?

And she said, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land, give me also a watery one. So he gave her a watery one above and below.

And the sons 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 south of the city of Arad: and they went and dwelt among the people.

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and smote the Canaanites that were in Zephath, and utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Horma.

And Judah took Gaza with her possession, and Asklon with her possession, and Ekron with her possession.

And the LORD was with Judah, to take the mountains: for he could not take the inhabitants in the bottom, because they had chariots of iron.

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had said: and he drove out of it the three sons of Enak.

But the children of Benjamin drove not out the Jebusites that dwelt at Jerusalem: but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin at Jerusalem unto this day.

Likewise also the children of Joseph went up to Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel, which before was called Lus.

And the watchmen saw a man going out of the city, and said unto him, Show us where we enter into the city, and we will do mercy unto thee.

And when he shewed them the way of the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but the man and all his family they let go.

And the same man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called it Luz; which is called so to this day.

And Manasseh drove not out Bethshean with her daughters, nor Taenah with her daughters, nor the inhabitants of Dor with their daughters, nor the inhabitants of Jebleam with their daughters, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo with their daughters: and the Canaanites began to dwell in the same land.

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanites to pay interest, and did not drive them out.

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gaser; but the Canaanites dwelt among them in Gaser.

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalal, but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and they were tine.

And Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acre, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahelab, nor of Achsib, nor of Helba, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob,

But the Asserites dwelt among the Canaanites that dwelt in the land: for they drove them not out.

Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor of Bethanath, but dwelt among the Canaanites that dwelt in the land. But they that dwelt at Bethshemesh, and at Bethanath, became interestable.

And the Amorites pressed the children of Dan into the mountains, and suffered them not to come down into the valley.

And the Amorites began to dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Saalbim. But the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon them, and they became ashamed.

And the border of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, and from the rock, and from the high place.
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Chapter 2
Of the children of Israel inertia, apostasy, punishment, and redemption.

And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I brought you up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land which I sware unto your fathers, saying, I would not loose my covenant with you for ever,

That ye should not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land, and break their altars.
But ye have not hearkened unto my voice. Why have ye done this?

Then said I also, I will not drive them out from before you, that they may become a snare unto you, and their gods a net.

And when the angel of the LORD had spoken these words unto all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

And they called the name of the place Bochim, and sacrificed there unto the LORD.

For when Joshua had sent the people away, and the children of Israel were gone every man to his inheritance to possess the land,

The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and the elders that lived long after Joshua, which had seen all the great works of the LORD, which he had done unto Israel.

Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, when he was an hundred and ten years old, was dead,

And they buried him within the borders of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in mount Ephraim, from the north side of mount Gaash.

And when all that were alive at that time were gathered unto their fathers, there arose after them another generation, which knew not the LORD, nor the works that he had done for Israel.

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim.

And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, and after the gods of the nations that dwelt round about them, and worshipped them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

For they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

And the wrath of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and delivered them into the hand of them that spoiled them, to rob them, and sold them into the hand of their enemies round about. And they could no more withstand their enemies,

But whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them to do them harm, as the LORD had said and sworn unto them: and they were hard pressed.

When then the LORD had raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of the spoilers,

Neither did they obey the judges, but went after other gods, and worshipped them, and soon departed from the way wherein their fathers had gone to obey the commandments of the LORD, and did not as they did.

And when the LORD had raised up judges unto them, the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies, as long as the judge lived. For the LORD
was grieved because of their lamentations over them that oppressed and pressed them.

And when the judge died, they turned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, to follow other gods, to serve them, and to worship them: they fell not from their nobleness, nor from their stiffneckedness.

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, saying, Because this people have transgressed my covenant, which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened
unto my voice,

Neither will I henceforth drive out the heathen, whom Joshua left when he died, 22. That I may try Israel in them, whether they abide in the way of the LORD, to walk in it, as their fathers abode, or not.

So the LORD left these heathen, that he did not soon drive them out, whom he had not delivered into Joshua’s hand.
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Chapter 3
Athniel, Ehud, Samgar and their deeds.

These are the heathen whom the LORD left to try Israel, who knew not the wars of Canaan, 2. And that the families of the children of Israel might know, and learn to fight, who knew nothing of it before:

The five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites, that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon even unto Hemath.

The same remained to try Israel in them, that it might be known whether they obeyed the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods;

And they did evil in the sight of