The Message

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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A time came after the death of Joshua when the People of Israel asked </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Who will take the lead in going up against the Canaanites to fight them?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Judah will go. I&#8217;ve given the land to him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The men of Judah said to those of their brother Simeon, &#8220;Go up with us to our territory and we&#8217;ll fight the Canaanites. Then we&#8217;ll go with you to your territory.&#8221; And Simeon went with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Judah went up. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> gave them the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They defeated them at Bezek&#8212;ten military units!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.5+JDG.1.6+JDG.1.7"><span class="label">5-7</span><span class="content">They caught up with My-Master-Bezek there and fought him. They smashed the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My-Master-Bezek ran, but they gave chase and caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes. My-Master-Bezek said, &#8220;Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to crawl under my table, scavenging. Now God has done to me what I did to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.5+JDG.1.6+JDG.1.7"><span class="content">They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.5+JDG.1.6+JDG.1.7"><span class="content">* * *</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.5+JDG.1.6+JDG.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="JDG.1.8+JDG.1.9+JDG.1.10"><span class="label">8-10</span><span class="content">The people of Judah attacked and captured Jerusalem, subduing the city by sword and then sending it up in flames. After that they had gone down to fight the Canaanites who were living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills. Judah had gone on to the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba) and brought Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to their knees.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="JDG.1.8+JDG.1.9+JDG.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11 v12" data-usfm="JDG.1.11+JDG.1.12"><span class="label">11-12</span><span class="content">From there they had marched against the population of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). Caleb had said, &#8220;Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I&#8217;ll give my daughter Acsah to him as his wife.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11 v12" data-usfm="JDG.1.11+JDG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s brother, took it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as his wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="label">14-15</span><span class="content">When she arrived she got him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">to ask for farmland from her father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">As she dismounted from her donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">Caleb asked her, &#8220;What would you like?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Give me a marriage gift.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">You&#8217;ve given me desert land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">Now give me pools of water!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">And he gave her the upper and the lower pools.</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">* * *</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.14+JDG.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The people of Hobab the Kenite, Moses&#8217; relative, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah at the descent of Arad. They settled down there with the Amalekites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The people of Judah went with their kin the Simeonites and struck the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They carried out the holy curse and named the city Curse-town.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="JDG.1.18+JDG.1.19"><span class="label">18-19</span><span class="content">But Judah didn&#8217;t manage to capture Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron with their territories. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> was certainly with Judah in that they took over the hill country. But they couldn&#8217;t oust the people on the plain because they had iron chariots.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="JDG.1.18+JDG.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had directed. Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But the people of Benjamin couldn&#8217;t get rid of the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. Benjaminites and Jebusites live side by side in Jerusalem to this day.</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.1.21"><span class="content">* * *</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22 v23 v24 v25 v26" data-usfm="JDG.1.22+JDG.1.23+JDG.1.24+JDG.1.25+JDG.1.26"><span class="label">22-26</span><span class="content">The house of Joseph went up to attack Bethel. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> was with them. Joseph sent out spies to look the place over. Bethel used to be known as Luz. The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, &#8220;Show us a way into the city and we&#8217;ll treat you well.&#8221; The man showed them a way in. They killed everyone in the city but the man and his family. The man went to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz; that&#8217;s its name to this day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22 v23 v24 v25 v26" data-usfm="JDG.1.22+JDG.1.23+JDG.1.24+JDG.1.25+JDG.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27 v28" data-usfm="JDG.1.27+JDG.1.28"><span class="label">27-28</span><span class="content">But Manasseh never managed to drive out Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo with their territories. The Canaanites dug in their heels and wouldn&#8217;t budge. When Israel became stronger they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they never got rid of them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27 v28" data-usfm="JDG.1.27+JDG.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. The Canaanites stuck it out and lived there with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Nor did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites in Kitron or Nahalol. They kept living there, but they were put to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31 v32" data-usfm="JDG.1.31+JDG.1.32"><span class="label">31-32</span><span class="content">Nor did Asher drive out the people of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob. Asher went ahead and settled down with the Canaanites since they could not get rid of them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31 v32" data-usfm="JDG.1.31+JDG.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Naphtali fared no better. They couldn&#8217;t drive out the people of Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath so they just moved in and lived with them. They did, though, put them to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34 v35" data-usfm="JDG.1.34+JDG.1.35"><span class="label">34-35</span><span class="content">The Amorites pushed the people of Dan up into the hills and wouldn&#8217;t let them down on the plains. The Amorites stubbornly continued to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph got the upper hand, they were put to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34 v35" data-usfm="JDG.1.34+JDG.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The Amorite border extended from Scorpions&#8217; Pass and Sela upward.</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.1.36"><span class="content">* * *</span></span></div>
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A time came after the death of Joshua when the People of Israel asked GOD, “Who will take the lead in going up against the Canaanites to fight them?”
And GOD said, “Judah will go. I’ve given the land to him.”
The men of Judah said to those of their brother Simeon, “Go up with us to our territory and we’ll fight the Canaanites. Then we’ll go with you to your territory.” And Simeon went with them.
So Judah went up. GOD gave them the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They defeated them at Bezek—ten military units!
They caught up with My-Master-Bezek there and fought him. They smashed the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My-Master-Bezek ran, but they gave chase and caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes. My-Master-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to crawl under my table, scavenging. Now God has done to me what I did to them.”
They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.
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The people of Judah attacked and captured Jerusalem, subduing the city by sword and then sending it up in flames. After that they had gone down to fight the Canaanites who were living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills. Judah had gone on to the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba) and brought Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to their knees.
From there they had marched against the population of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). Caleb had said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I’ll give my daughter Acsah to him as his wife.”
Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as his wife.

When she arrived she got him
to ask for farmland from her father.
As she dismounted from her donkey
Caleb asked her, “What would you like?”
She said, “Give me a marriage gift.
You’ve given me desert land;
Now give me pools of water!”
And he gave her the upper and the lower pools.
* * *
The people of Hobab the Kenite, Moses’ relative, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah at the descent of Arad. They settled down there with the Amalekites.
The people of Judah went with their kin the Simeonites and struck the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They carried out the holy curse and named the city Curse-town.
But Judah didn’t manage to capture Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron with their territories. GOD was certainly with Judah in that they took over the hill country. But they couldn’t oust the people on the plain because they had iron chariots.
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had directed. Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak.
But the people of Benjamin couldn’t get rid of the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. Benjaminites and Jebusites live side by side in Jerusalem to this day.
* * *
The house of Joseph went up to attack Bethel. GOD was with them. Joseph sent out spies to look the place over. Bethel used to be known as Luz. The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city and we’ll treat you well.” The man showed them a way in. They killed everyone in the city but the man and his family. The man went to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz; that’s its name to this day.

But Manasseh never managed to drive out Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo with their territories. The Canaanites dug in their heels and wouldn’t budge. When Israel became stronger they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they never got rid of them.
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. The Canaanites stuck it out and lived there with them.
Nor did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites in Kitron or Nahalol. They kept living there, but they were put to forced labor.
Nor did Asher drive out the people of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob. Asher went ahead and settled down with the Canaanites since they could not get rid of them.
Naphtali fared no better. They couldn’t drive out the people of Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath so they just moved in and lived with them. They did, though, put them to forced labor.
The Amorites pushed the people of Dan up into the hills and wouldn’t let them down on the plains. The Amorites stubbornly continued to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph got the upper hand, they were put to forced labor.
The Amorite border extended from Scorpions’ Pass and Sela upward.
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