Judges 1:21-2:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Benjamin’s Failure

²¹At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.^(A)

Success of the House of Joseph

²²The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with^(B) them. ²³They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz^(C)). ²⁴The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”^(D) ²⁵When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family. ²⁶Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.

Failure of the Other Tribes

²⁷At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean^[a]^(E) and its villages,^[b] or Taanach^(F) and its villages, or the residents of Dor^(G) and its villages, or the residents of Ibleam^[c]^(H) and its villages, or the residents of Megiddo^(I) and its villages; the Canaanites refused to leave^[d] this land.^(J) ²⁸When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.^(K)

²⁹At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.^[e]^(L)

³⁰Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol,^(M) so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor.

³¹Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco^[f] or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. ³²The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

³³Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

³⁴The Amorites^(N) forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. ³⁵The Amorites refused to leave^[g] Har-heres, Aijalon,^(O) and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand,^[h] the Amorites^[i] were made to serve as forced labor. ³⁶The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim,^(P) that is from Sela^(Q) upward.

Pattern of Sin and Judgment

2 The Angel of the Lord^(R) went up from Gilgal to Bochim^[j] and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land^(S) I had promised to your fathers.^(T) I also said: I will never break My covenant with you. ²You are not to make a covenant^(U) with the people who are living in this land, and you are to tear down their altars.^[k]^(V) But you have not obeyed Me. What is this you have done? ³Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you.^(W) They will be thorns^[l]^[m] in your sides,^(X) and their gods will be a trap for you.”^(Y) ⁴When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ⁵So they named that place Bochim^[n] and offered sacrifices there to the Lord.

Footnotes

Judges 1:27 LXX reads Beth-shean, which is a Scythian city
Judges 1:27 LXX reads its villages or the fields around it
Judges 1:27 LXX reads Balaam
Judges 1:27 LXX reads Canaanites began to live in
Judges 1:29 LXX reads Gezer, and became forced labor
Judges 1:31 LXX reads Acco, and they became for him forced labor and the residents of Dor
Judges 1:35 Or Amorites determined to live in
Judges 1:35 Lit When the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy
Judges 1:35 LXX reads Joseph became strong on the Amorites, they
Judges 2:1 LXX reads to the weeping place and to Bethel and to the house of Israel
Judges 2:2 LXX reads with those lying in wait in this land; neither are you to fall down in worship to their gods, but their carved images you must break to pieces and their altars you must destroy
Judges 2:3 LXX reads affliction
Judges 2:3 Lit traps
Judges 2:5 Or Weeping