Judges 1:11-26

New International Version

¹¹ From there they advanced against the people living in Debir^(A) (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).

¹² And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” ¹³ Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

¹⁴ One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him^[a] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

¹⁵ She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.^(B)

¹⁶ The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law,^(C) the Kenite,^(D) went up from the City of Palms^[b](E) with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.^(F)

¹⁷ Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites^(G) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed^[c] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.^{[d](H) 18} Judah also took^[e] Gaza,^(I) Ashkelon^(J) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

¹⁹ The Lord was with^(K) the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country,^(L) but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.^{(M) 20} As Moses had promised, Hebron^(N) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.^{(O) 21} The Benjamites, however, did not drive out^(P) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;^(Q) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

²² Now the tribes of Joseph^(R) attacked Bethel,^(S) and the Lord was with them. ²³ When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),^{(T) 24} the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.^(U)” ²⁵ So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared^(V) the man and his whole family. ²⁶ He then went to the land of the Hittites,^(W) where he built a city and called it Luz,^(X) which is its name to this day.