Judges 1:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 1:3

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.

7 And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; ^aas I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

8 Now ^athe children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

9 ^aAnd afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the¹ South, and in the lowland.

10 Then Judah¹ went against the Canaanites who dwelt in ^aHebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly ^bKirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 ^aFrom there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)

12 ^aThen Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.”

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^aCaleb’s younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.

14 ^aNow it happened, when she came to him, that¹ she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”

15 So she said to him, ^a“Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16 ^aNow the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up ^bfrom the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South near ^cArad; ^dand they went and dwelt among the people.

17 ^aAnd Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called ^bHormah.

18 Also Judah took ^aGaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

19 So the Lord was with Judah. And they drove out the mountaineers, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland, because they had ^achariots of iron.

20 ^aAnd they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he¹ expelled from there the ^bthree sons of Anak.

21 ^aBut the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22 And the¹ house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^aand the Lord was with them.

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American Standard Version
And 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.

Amplified® Bible
And Judah [the tribe] said to [the tribe of] Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my allotted territory, so that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your territory. So Simeon went with him.

Contemporary English Version
The people of Judah went to their relatives, the Simeon tribe, and said, "Canaanites live in the land God gave us. Help us fight them, and we will help you." Troops from Simeon came to help Judah.

Darby English Version
And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him.

Good News Bible
The people of Judah said to the people of Simeon, "Go with us into the territory assigned to us, and we will fight the Canaanites together. Then we will go with you into the territory assigned to you." So the tribes of Simeon

King James Version
And 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.

New American Standard Bible
Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you. So Simeon went with him."

New International Version
Then the men of Judah said to the Simeonites their brothers, "Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours." So the Simeonites went with them.

New King James Version
So Judah said to Simeon his brother, 'Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory.' And Simeon went with him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you." So Simeon went with him.

Revised Standard Version
And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah saith to Simeon his brother, `Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite -- and I have gone, even I, with thee into thy lot;' and Simeon goeth with him.

New English Translation
The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon,¹ “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites.² Then we³ will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.

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