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Judges 1:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
Judges 1:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
The Book of Judges
1 After Joshua was dead, Judah was constituted captain. 6 Adoni-Bezek is taken. 14 The request of Achsah. 16 The children of Keni. 23 The Canaanites are made tributaries, but not destroyed.
1 After that Joshua was dead, the children of Israel [a]asked the Lord, saying, [b]Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites to fight first against them?
2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have given the land into his hand.
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- Judges 1:1 By the judgment of Urim, read Exod. 28:30; Num. 27:21; 1 Sam. 28:6.
- Judges 1:1 Who shall be our captain?
Judges 1:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Judges 1:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Israel’s Failure to Complete the Conquest of Canaan
1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, ‘Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’ 2 The Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.’
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Judges 1:1-2
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Judges 1:1-2
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The Continuing Conquest of Canaan(A)
1 Now after the (B)death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel (C)asked the Lord, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the (D)Canaanites to fight against them?”
2 And the Lord said, (E)“Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”
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Judges 1:1-2
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Judges 1:1-2
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