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Las tribus de Judá y Simeón capturan a Adonisédec

Después de la muerte de Josué, los israelitas le preguntaron a Dios:

—¿Cuál de nuestras tribus atacará primero a los cananeos?

Dios les respondió:

—Primero atacará la tribu de Judá, pues a ellos les voy a entregar ese territorio.

Entonces los de Judá les dijeron a los de Simeón: «Vengan con nosotros a pelear contra los cananeos. Primero iremos al territorio que nos ha tocado a nosotros, y después al de ustedes».

Los de Simeón aceptaron, 4-5 así que salieron juntos a pelear, y Dios los ayudó a derrotar a los cananeos y a los ferezeos. En Bézec derrotaron a diez mil ferezeos y cananeos, entre los cuales estaba el rey Adonisédec. Durante la lucha Adonisédec había escapado, pero lo persiguieron y capturaron, y le cortaron los pulgares de las manos y los dedos gordos de los pies. Entonces Adonisédec dijo: «Dios ha hecho conmigo lo mismo que yo hice con setenta reyes: les corté los pulgares y los dedos gordos, y andaban bajo mi mesa recogiendo las sobras». Después, Adonisédec fue llevado a Jerusalén, y allí murió.

La tribu de Judá conquista Jerusalén y Hebrón

Los de Judá atacaron a Jerusalén y la conquistaron. Mataron a toda la gente de esa ciudad, y luego la incendiaron. Después fueron a atacar a los cananeos que vivían en las montañas, en el desierto del sur y en la llanura. 10 Atacaron también a los cananeos que vivían en Hebrón, ciudad que antes se llamaba Quiriat-arbá. Allí derrotaron a los grupos cananeos de Sesai, Ahimán y Talmai.

Otoniel conquista la ciudad de Debir

11 Luego los de Judá marcharon hacia la ciudad de Debir, que antes se llamaba Quiriat-séfer. 12 Caleb había prometido que quien conquistara Debir se casaría con su hija Acsa, 13 y fue su sobrino Otoniel quien la conquistó. Así que Caleb le dio a Otoniel su hija Acsa por esposa. Otoniel era hijo de Quenaz, el hermano menor de Caleb. 14 El día de su casamiento, Otoniel le dijo a Acsa que le pidiera un terreno a su padre. Cuando Caleb la vio bajar de su burro, le preguntó qué quería; 15 y Acsa le dijo: «Los terrenos que me has dado no tienen agua. Por favor, dame también manantiales».

Y Caleb le dio el manantial Alto y el manantial Bajo.

Conquistas de las tribus de Judá y de Benjamín

16 Los quenitas, que eran descendientes del suegro de Moisés, salieron de Jericó junto con la tribu de Judá, y se fueron al desierto que está al sur de Arad. Allí se quedaron a vivir. 17 Después los de Judá, junto con los de Simeón, derrotaron a los cananeos que vivían en Sefat. Como destruyeron por completo esa ciudad, la llamaron Hormá.[a]

18-19 Con la ayuda de Dios, la tribu de Judá se apoderó de la zona montañosa, pero no de la llanura, porque los habitantes de esa región tenían carros de hierro. No pudieron conquistar Gaza ni Ascalón ni Ecrón, ni tampoco los territorios vecinos. 20 Y tal como Moisés había prometido, la región de Hebrón le fue dada a Caleb, para que allí viviera. Por eso Caleb echó de esa región a los tres grupos de familias que descendían del gigante Anac.[b] 21 Pero los de la tribu de Benjamín no pudieron echar a los jebuseos, que vivían en Jerusalén. Por eso, hasta el día en que este relato se escribió, los jebuseos vivieron en Jerusalén, junto con los de Benjamín.

Las tribus de Efraín y Manasés conquistan Betel

22-23 Las tribus de Efraín y Manasés decidieron atacar a Betel, la ciudad que antes se llamaba Luz; así que enviaron espías a esa ciudad, y Dios los ayudó. 24 Cuando esos espías vieron a un hombre que salía de la ciudad, le dijeron: «Si nos muestras cómo entrar en la ciudad, no te haremos ningún daño».

25 Aquel hombre les enseñó cómo entrar en la ciudad, y así pudieron entrar los de Efraín y Manasés. Mataron a todos los que allí vivían, pero no al que los había ayudado ni a su familia. 26 Más tarde, ese hombre se fue al territorio de los hititas y edificó una nueva ciudad, a la cual llamó Luz; y hasta el momento en que este relato se escribe aún se llama así.

Los territorios no conquistados

27 Los de Manasés no pudieron echar a los que vivían en Bet-seán, Taanac, Dor, Ibleam y Meguido, ni tampoco a los de las aldeas vecinas. Así que los cananeos siguieron viviendo allí. 28 Después los israelitas se hicieron más poderosos y obligaron a los cananeos a trabajar para ellos, pero no los pudieron echar de su territorio.

29 Los de Efraín tampoco pudieron echar a los cananeos que vivían en Guézer, así que los cananeos siguieron allí, viviendo junto a los de Efraín.

30 Los de Zabulón tampoco pudieron echar a los cananeos que vivían en Quitrón y en Nahalal, así que éstos siguieron allí, pero obligados a trabajar para los de Zabulón.

31-32 Tampoco los de Aser pudieron echar a los cananeos que vivían en Aco, Sidón, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbá, Afec y Rehob, así que se quedaron a vivir entre los cananeos que allí vivían.

33 Tampoco los de la tribu de Neftalí pudieron echar a los cananeos que vivían en Bet-semes y Bet-anat, así que éstos siguieron allí, pero obligados a trabajar para los de Neftalí.

34 Los de la tribu de Dan tuvieron que retroceder a las montañas porque los amorreos no los dejaron bajar a la llanura. 35 Así que los amorreos se quedaron en Jeres, Aialón y Saalbim. Tiempo después, los de Efraín y de Manasés se hicieron más poderosos y obligaron a los amorreos a trabajar para ellos.

36 La frontera de los amorreos comenzaba en el paso de Acrabim, llegaba hasta Selá, y de allí seguía hacia las montañas.

Footnotes

  1. Jueces 1:17 Hormá y la palabra hebrea que significa destrucción tienen un sonido parecido.
  2. Jueces 1:20 Anac era visto como el antepasado de una raza de gigantes.

A time came after the death of Joshua when the People of Israel asked God, “Who will take the lead in going up against the Canaanites to fight them?”

And God said, “Judah will go. I’ve given the land to him.”

The men of Judah said to those of their brother Simeon, “Go up with us to our territory and we’ll fight the Canaanites. Then we’ll go with you to your territory.” And Simeon went with them.

So Judah went up. God gave them the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They defeated them at Bezek—ten military units!

5-7 They caught up with My-Master-Bezek there and fought him. They smashed the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My-Master-Bezek ran, but they gave chase and caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes. My-Master-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to crawl under my table, scavenging. Now God has done to me what I did to them.”

They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

* * *

8-10 The people of Judah attacked and captured Jerusalem, subduing the city by sword and then sending it up in flames. After that they had gone down to fight the Canaanites who were living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills. Judah had gone on to the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba) and brought Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to their knees.

11-12 From there they had marched against the population of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). Caleb had said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I’ll give my daughter Acsah to him as his wife.”

13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as his wife.

14-15 When she arrived she got him
    to ask for farmland from her father.
As she dismounted from her donkey
    Caleb asked her, “What would you like?”
She said, “Give me a marriage gift.
    You’ve given me desert land;
Now give me pools of water!”
    And he gave her the upper and the lower pools.

* * *

16 The people of Hobab the Kenite, Moses’ relative, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah at the descent of Arad. They settled down there with the Amalekites.

17 The people of Judah went with their kin the Simeonites and struck the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They carried out the holy curse and named the city Curse-town.

18-19 But Judah didn’t manage to capture Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron with their territories. God was certainly with Judah in that they took over the hill country. But they couldn’t oust the people on the plain because they had iron chariots.

20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had directed. Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak.

21 But the people of Benjamin couldn’t get rid of the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. Benjaminites and Jebusites live side by side in Jerusalem to this day.

* * *

22-26 The house of Joseph went up to attack Bethel. God was with them. Joseph sent out spies to look the place over. Bethel used to be known as Luz. The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city and we’ll treat you well.” The man showed them a way in. They killed everyone in the city but the man and his family. The man went to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz; that’s its name to this day.

27-28 But Manasseh never managed to drive out Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo with their territories. The Canaanites dug in their heels and wouldn’t budge. When Israel became stronger they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they never got rid of them.

29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. The Canaanites stuck it out and lived there with them.

30 Nor did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites in Kitron or Nahalol. They kept living there, but they were put to forced labor.

31-32 Nor did Asher drive out the people of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob. Asher went ahead and settled down with the Canaanites since they could not get rid of them.

33 Naphtali fared no better. They couldn’t drive out the people of Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath so they just moved in and lived with them. They did, though, put them to forced labor.

34-35 The Amorites pushed the people of Dan up into the hills and wouldn’t let them down on the plains. The Amorites stubbornly continued to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph got the upper hand, they were put to forced labor.

36 The Amorite border extended from Scorpions’ Pass and Sela upward.

* * *

Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites(A)

After the death(B) of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight against the Canaanites?(D)

The Lord answered, “Judah(E) shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.(F)

The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, “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(G) went with them.

When Judah attacked, the Lord gave the Canaanites and Perizzites(H) into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.(I) It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek(J) and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites. Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back(K) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(L) and he died there.

The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem(M) also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country,(N) the Negev(O) and the western foothills. 10 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron(P) (formerly called Kiriath Arba(Q)) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.(R) 11 From there they advanced against the people living in Debir(S) (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.(T)

16 The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law,(U) the Kenite,(V) went up from the City of Palms[b](W) with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.(X)

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

19 The Lord was with(AC) the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country,(AD) but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.(AE) 20 As Moses had promised, Hebron(AF) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.(AG) 21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out(AH) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;(AI) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

22 Now the tribes of Joseph(AJ) attacked Bethel,(AK) and the Lord was with them. 23 When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),(AL) 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.(AM) 25 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared(AN) the man and his whole family. 26 He then went to the land of the Hittites,(AO) where he built a city and called it Luz,(AP) which is its name to this day.

27 But Manasseh did not(AQ) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor(AR) or Ibleam(AS) or Megiddo(AT) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites(AU) were determined to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.(AV) 29 Nor did Ephraim(AW) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,(AX) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.(AY) 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. 31 Nor did Asher(AZ) drive out those living in Akko or Sidon(BA) or Ahlab or Akzib(BB) or Helbah or Aphek(BC) or Rehob.(BD) 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh(BE) or Beth Anath(BF); but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. 34 The Amorites(BG) confined the Danites(BH) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.(BI) 35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,(BJ) Aijalon(BK) and Shaalbim,(BL) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass(BM) to Sela(BN) and beyond.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:14 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate Othniel, he urged her
  2. Judges 1:16 That is, Jericho
  3. Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  4. Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.
  5. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take