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Judges 1

1 After Ioſhua was dead, Iudah was conſtitute captaine. 6 Adoni-bézek is takē. 14 The requeſt of Achſáh. 16 The children of Keni. 19 The Canaanites are made tributaries, but not deſtroyed.
1.AFter yt Ioſhua was dead, ye childrē of Iſraél asked the Lord, ſaying, a Who ſhal b go vp for vs againſt the Canaanites, to fight firſt againſt them?
2.And the Lord ſaid, Iudah ſhal go vp: beholde, I haue giuen the land into his hand.
3.And Iudah ſaid vnto Simeón his c brother, Come vp with me into my lot, that we may fight againſt the Canaanites: and I likewiſe wil go with thee into thy lot: ſo Simeón went with him.
4.Then Iudah went vp, and the Lord deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they ſlewe of them in Bézek ten thouſand men.
5.And they foūde " Adoni-bézek in Bézek: and they fought againſt him, and ſlew the Canaanites, and the Perizzites.
6.But Adoni-bézek fled, and they purſued after him, and caught him, and d cut of the thumbes of his hands and of his fete.
7.And Adoni-bézek ſaid, Seuentie Kings hauing the thumbes of their hands and of their fete cut of, gathered bread vnder my table: as I haue done, ſo God hathe rewarded me. ſo they broght him to Ieruſalém, and there he dyed.
8.(Now the children of Iudah had fought againſt Ieruſalém, and had takē it & ſmitten it with the edge of the ſword, and had ſet the e citie on fire)
9.¶ Afterwarde alſo the children of Iudah went downe to fight againſt the Canaanites, that dwelt in ye mountaine, and toward the South, and in the lowe countrey.
10.And Iudah wēt againſt the Canaanites, that dwelt in Hebrón, which Hebrón beforetime was called * Kiriath-arbá: and they ſlewe f Sheſhái, and Ahimán & Talmái.
11.And from thence he went to the inhabitants of Debír, and the name of Debír in olde time was Kiriath-ſepher.
12.And Caléb ſaid, He yt ſmiteth Kiriath-ſepher, & taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achſáh my daughter to wife.
13.And Othniél the ſonne of Kenáz Calebs yonger brother toke it, to whome he gaue Achſáh his daughter to wife.
14.And whē ſhe came to him, ſhe moued him to aſke of her father a field, g and ſhe lighted of her aſſe, and Caléb ſaid vnto her, What wilt thou?
15.And ſhe anſwered him, Giue me a bleſſing: for thou haſt giuen me a South countrey, giue me alſo ſprings of water: and Caléb gaue her the ſprings aboue and the ſprings beneth.
16.¶ And the children of h Kení Moſés father in lawe went vp out of the citie of palme trees with the children of Iudah, into the wildernes of Iudah, that lieth in the South of Arád, and went and dwelt among the people.
17.But Iudah went with Simeón his brother, and they ſlewe the Canaanites that inhabited Zepháth, and vtterly deſtroyed it, and called the name of the citie * Hor-máh.
18.Alſo Iudah toke i Azzáh with the coaſtes thereof, & Aſkelón with the coaſtes thereof, and Ekrón with the coaſtes thereof.
19.And the Lord was with Iudah, and he poſſeſſed the mountaines: for he colde not driue out the inhabitants of the valleys, becauſe they had charets of yron.
20.And they gaue Hebrón vnto Caléb, as * Moſés had ſaid, and he expelled thence the thre ſonnes of Anák.
21.But the children of Beniamín did not caſt out the Iebuſites, that k inhabited Ieruſalém: therefore the Iebuſites dwel with the children of Beniamín in Ieruſalém vnto this day.
22.¶ They alſo that were of the houſe of Ioſéph, went vp to Beth-él, and the Lord was with them,
23.And the houſe of Ioſéph cauſed to viewe Beth-él (and the name of the citie beforetime was * Luz)
24.And the ſpies ſawe a man come out of the citie, & they ſaid vnto him, Shewe vs, we pray thee, the way into the citie, * and we wil ſhewe thee mercie.
25.And when he had ſhewed them the way into the citie, they ſmote the citie with ye edge of the ſword, but they let the man & all his houſholde departe.
26.Then the man went into the land of the Hittites, and buylt a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this day.
27.* Nether did Manaſſéh deſtroy Beth-ſheán with her townes, nor Taanách with her townes, nor the inhabitants of Dor with her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleám with her townes, nether the inhabitants of Megiddó with her townes: l but the Canaanites dwelled ſtil in that land.
28.Neuertheles when Iſraél was ſtrog, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly.
29.* Likewiſe Ephráim expelled not the Canaanites that dwelt in Gézer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gézer among them.
30.¶ Nether did m Zebulún expel the inhabitants of Kitrón, nor the inhabitants of of Naha'lól, but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31.¶ Nether did Aſhér caſt out the inhabitants of Acchó, nor the inhabitants of Zidón, nor of Ahláb, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbáh, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehób,
32.But the Aſherites dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land: for they did not driue them n out.
33.¶ Nether did Naphtalí driue out the inhabitants of Beth-ſhémeſh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anáth, but dwelt among the Canaanites the inhābitāts of the lād: neuertheles the inhabitants of Beth-ſhémeſh, and of Beth-anáth became tributaries vnto them.
34.And the Amorites o droue the children of Dan into the mountaine: for that thei ſuffred them not to come downe to the valley.
35.And the Amorites p dwelt ſtil in mount Héres in Aialón, and in Shaalbím, and when the [•]hand of Ioſephs familie preuailed, thei became tributaries:
36.And the coaſt of the Amorites was from Maaleh-akrabbím, p euen from Sélah and vpwarde.

Notes

1:a.
By the iudgement of Vrim: read Exo. 28,30. nom. 27, 21. 1 ſam. 28, 6.
1:b.
Who ſhalbe our Captaine
3:c.
For the tribe of Simeon had their inheritance within ye tribe of Iudah, Ioſh. 19, 1.
5:".
Or, the lord of Bézek.
6:d.
This was Gods iuſt iudgement, as the tyrant him ſelfe confeſſeth, yt as he had done, ſo did he receiue, Leuit. 24, 19.
8:e.
Which was afterward built againe, & poſſeſſed by ye Iebuſites, 2. Sam 5, 6.
10:*.
Ioſh. 15, 14.
10:f.
Theſe thre were gyāts, & the children of Anák.
14:g.
Read Ioſh. 15, 18.
16:h.
This was one of the names of Moſés father in lawe read Nom. 10, 29.
17:*.
Nom. 21, 3.
18:i.
Theſe cities & others were afterward poſſeſſed of the Philiſtims, 1. Sam. 6, 17.
20:*.
Nom. 14, 24. Ioſh. 14, 13. & 15, 14.
21:k.
For after ye the tribe of Iudah had burnt it, they built it againe.
23:*.
Gen. 28, 19.
24:*.
Ioſh. 2, 14.
27:*.
Ioſh. 17, 11.
27:l.
Wherefore God permitted the Canaanites to dwel ſtil in ye land, read Chap. 3, 4.
29:*.
Ioſh. 16, 10.
30:m.
That is the tribe of Zebulun. as is alſo to be vnderſtād of ye reſt,
32:n.
But made them pay tribute as ye others did.
34:o.
Or, afflicted him.
35:p.
Or, wolde dwell.
35:•.
Meaning, when he was ſtronger then they.
36:p.
Which was a citie in Arabia, or, as ſome read, from the rocke.