Judges 1:2

Judges 1:2

The Continuing Conquest of Canaan

1 Now after the ^adeath of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel ^basked the Lord, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the ^cCanaanites to fight against them?”

2 And the Lord said, ^a“Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”

3 So Judah said to ^aSimeon his brother, “Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and ^bI will likewise go with you to your allotted territory.” And Simeon went with him.

4 Then Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they killed ten thousand men at ^aBezek.

5 And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6 Then Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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the Lord said, Judah shall go up—The predicted pre-eminence (Genesis 49:8) was thus conferred upon Judah by divine direction, and its appointment to take the lead in the ensuing hostilities was of great importance, as the measure of success by which its arms were crowned, would animate the other tribes to make similar attempts against the Canaanites within their respective territories.

I have delivered the land into his hand—not the whole country, but the district assigned for his inheritance.

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