Judges 1
English Standard Version
The Continuing Conquest of Canaan
1 After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel (A)inquired of the Lord, (B)“Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2 The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” 3 And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. (C)And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him. 4 Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek. 5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off (D)used to pick up scraps under my table. (E)As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 (F)And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in (G)the hill country, in the Negeb, and in (H)the lowland. 10 (I)And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (J)(now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated (K)Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
11 From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher. 12 And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.” 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, (L)Caleb's younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 14 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 15 She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
16 And the descendants of the (M)Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah (N)from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near (O)Arad, (P)and they went and settled with the people. 17 (Q)And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city was called (R)Hormah.[a] 18 Judah also (S)captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 19 (T)And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the (U)hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had (V)chariots of iron. 20 (W)And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it (X)the three sons of Anak. 21 But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, (Y)so the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, (Z)and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. ((AA)Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the way into the city, (AB)and we will deal kindly with you.” 25 And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go. 26 And the man went to (AC)the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
Failure to Complete the Conquest
27 (AD)Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 28 When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.
29 (AE)And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of (AF)Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor.
31 (AG)Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon or of Ahlab or of Achzib or of Helbah or of Aphik or of Rehob, 32 so the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.
33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of (AH)Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.
34 (AI)The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain. 35 The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, (AJ)in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor. 36 And the border of the Amorites ran from (AK)the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
Footnotes
- Judges 1:17 Hormah means utter destruction
Judges 1
New American Standard Bible
Jerusalem Is Captured
1 Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel (A)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Who shall go up first for us (B)against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2 The Lord said, “(C)Judah shall go up; behold, I have handed the land over to him.” 3 Then Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me into [a]the territory allotted me, and let’s fight the Canaanites; and [b]I in turn will go with you into [c]the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him. 4 Judah went up, and (D)the Lord handed over to them the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they [d]defeated ten thousand men at Bezek. 5 They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they [e]defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him, and cut off his [f]thumbs and big toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; (E)as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Then the sons of Judah fought against (F)Jerusalem and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 Afterward, the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, and in the [g]Negev, and in the lowland. 10 (G)So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron was previously Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Capture of Other Cities
11 Then (H)from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was previously Kiriath-sepher). 12 And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.” 13 Now (I)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife. 14 Then (J)it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. Then later, she dismounted from [h]her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What [i]do you want?” 15 She said to him, “Give me a blessing: since you have given me the land of the [j]Negev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
16 Now the [k]descendants of (K)the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the (L)city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of (M)Arad; and they went and lived with the people. 17 Then Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called (N)Hormah. 18 And Judah took (O)Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 19 Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not [l]drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had (P)iron chariots. 20 Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, (Q)as Moses had [m]promised; and he drove out from there (R)the three sons of Anak. 21 (S)But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the (T)Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. 23 The house of Joseph had men spy out Bethel ((U)the name of the city previously was Luz). 24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and (V)we will treat you kindly.” 25 So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, (W)but they let the man and all his family go free. 26 Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, [n]which is its name to this day.
Places Not Conquered
27 (X)But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so (Y)the Canaanites persisted in living in this land. 28 And it came about, when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not drive them out completely.
29 And (Z)Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of [o]Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.
31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or of Rehob. 32 So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.
34 Then the Amorites [p]forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; 35 yet the Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres, in Aijalon and Shaalbim; but when the [q]power of the house of Joseph [r]grew strong, they became forced labor. 36 The border of the Amorites ran from the (AA)ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
Footnotes
- Judges 1:3 Lit my lot
- Judges 1:3 Lit I, even I
- Judges 1:3 Lit your lot
- Judges 1:4 Lit struck them
- Judges 1:5 Lit struck
- Judges 1:6 Lit thumbs of his hands and his feet
- Judges 1:9 I.e., South country
- Judges 1:14 Lit the
- Judges 1:14 Lit to you, an ancient idiom
- Judges 1:15 I.e., South country
- Judges 1:16 Lit sons
- Judges 1:19 Or dispossess
- Judges 1:20 Lit spoken
- Judges 1:26 Lit it
- Judges 1:30 Perhaps same as Nahalal
- Judges 1:34 Lit pushed
- Judges 1:35 Lit hand
- Judges 1:35 Lit was heavy
Jueces 1
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Derrota de Adoni Bezec
1 Después de la muerte de Josué, los israelitas consultaron al Señor(A), diciendo: «¿Quién de nosotros subirá primero contra los cananeos(B) para pelear contra ellos?». 2 Y el Señor respondió: «Judá subirá primero; ya le he entregado el país en sus manos(C)». 3 Entonces Judá dijo a su hermano Simeón: «Sube conmigo al territorio que me ha tocado[a], para que peleemos contra los cananeos. Yo también iré contigo al territorio que te ha tocado[b]». Y Simeón fue con él.
4 Judá subió, y el Señor entregó en sus manos a los cananeos y a los ferezeos, y derrotaron[c](D) a 10,000 hombres en Bezec. 5 Hallaron a Adoni Bezec en Bezec y pelearon contra él, y derrotaron[d] a los cananeos y a los ferezeos. 6 Adoni Bezec huyó, pero lo persiguieron, lo prendieron y le cortaron los pulgares de las manos y de los pies. 7 Y Adoni Bezec dijo: «Setenta reyes, con los pulgares de sus manos y de sus pies cortados, recogían migajas debajo de mi mesa. Como yo he hecho(E), así me ha pagado Dios». Lo llevaron a Jerusalén, y allí murió.
Conquista de Jerusalén
8 Entonces los hijos de Judá pelearon contra Jerusalén(F) y la tomaron, pasaron a filo de espada a sus habitantes y prendieron fuego a la ciudad. 9 Después los hijos de Judá descendieron a pelear contra los cananeos que vivían en la región montañosa, en el Neguev[e] y en las tierras bajas[f]. 10 (G)Y Judá marchó contra los cananeos que habitaban en Hebrón (el nombre de Hebrón antes era Quiriat Arba); e hirieron a Sesai, a Ahimán y a Talmai.
Conquista de otras ciudades
11 Desde allí Judá fue contra los habitantes de Debir (el nombre de Debir antes era Quiriat Séfer(H)). 12 Entonces Caleb dijo: «Al que ataque[g] a Quiriat Séfer y la tome, yo le daré a mi hija Acsa por mujer». 13 Y Otoniel, hijo de Quenaz, hermano menor de Caleb(I), tomó la ciudad, y Caleb le dio a su hija Acsa por mujer. 14 Y cuando ella llegó, Otoniel la[h] persuadió a que pidiera un campo a su padre. Ella entonces se bajó del asno, y Caleb le dijo: «¿Qué quieres?[i](J)». 15 «Dame una bendición», le dijo ella, «ya que me has dado la tierra del Neguev, dame también fuentes de agua». Y Caleb le dio las fuentes de arriba y las fuentes de abajo.
16 Los descendientes[j] del quenita, suegro de Moisés(K), subieron de la ciudad de las palmeras(L) con los hijos de Judá, al desierto de Judá que está al sur de Arad(M); y fueron y habitaron con el pueblo. 17 Entonces Judá fue con Simeón su hermano, y derrotaron[k] a los cananeos que vivían en Sefat, y la destruyeron por completo[l]. Por eso pusieron por nombre a la ciudad, Horma[m](N). 18 Y Judá tomó a Gaza(O) con su territorio, a Ascalón con su territorio y a Ecrón con su territorio.
19 El Señor estaba con Judá, que tomó posesión de la región montañosa. Pero Judá no pudo expulsar[n] a los habitantes del valle porque estos tenían carros de hierro(P). 20 Entonces dieron Hebrón a Caleb, como Moisés había prometido[o](Q). Y él expulsó[p] de allí a los tres hijos de Anac(R). 21 Pero los hijos de Benjamín no expulsaron[q] a los jebuseos que vivían en Jerusalén(S). Así que los jebuseos han vivido con los benjamitas en Jerusalén hasta el día de hoy(T).
José conquista a Betel
22 De igual manera la casa de José subió contra Betel[r]; y el Señor estaba con ellos. 23 Y la casa de José envió espías[s] a Betel (el nombre de la ciudad antes era Luz(U)). 24 Y los espías vieron a un hombre que salía de la ciudad y le dijeron: «Te rogamos que nos muestres la entrada de la ciudad y te trataremos con misericordia(V)». 25 Él les mostró la entrada de la ciudad, e hirieron la ciudad a filo de espada, pero dejaron ir al hombre y a toda su familia(W). 26 Y el hombre fue a la tierra de los hititas y edificó una ciudad a la que llamó Luz. Y este es su nombre hasta hoy.
Lugares no conquistados
27 (X)Pero Manasés no tomó posesión de Bet Seán y sus aldeas, ni de Taanac y sus aldeas, ni de los habitantes de Dor y sus aldeas, ni de los habitantes de Ibleam y sus aldeas, ni de los habitantes de Meguido y sus aldeas, porque los cananeos persistían en habitar en aquella tierra(Y). 28 Pero cuando Israel se hizo fuerte, sometieron a los cananeos a trabajos forzados, aunque no los expulsaron totalmente.
29 Tampoco Efraín expulsó a los cananeos que habitaban en Gezer; y los cananeos habitaron en medio de ellos en Gezer(Z).
30 Zabulón no expulsó a los habitantes de Quitrón, ni a los habitantes de Naalal; de manera que los cananeos habitaron en medio de ellos, aunque fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados.
31 Aser no expulsó a los habitantes de Aco, ni a los habitantes de Sidón, ni de Ahlab, ni de Aczib, ni de Helba, ni de Afec, ni de Rehob. 32 Así que los de Aser habitaron entre los cananeos, los habitantes de aquella[t] tierra, porque no los pudieron expulsar.
33 Neftalí no expulsó a los habitantes de Bet Semes, ni a los habitantes de Bet Anat, sino que habitó entre los cananeos, los habitantes de aquella[u] tierra. Pero los habitantes de Bet Semes y de Bet Anat fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados.
34 Entonces los amorreos forzaron[v] a los hijos de Dan hacia la región montañosa, y no los dejaron descender al valle. 35 Y los amorreos persistieron en habitar en el monte Heres, en Ajalón y en Saalbim; pero cuando el poder[w] de la casa de José se fortaleció[x], los amorreos fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados. 36 La frontera de los amorreos iba desde la subida de Acrabim(AA), desde Sela hacia arriba.
Footnotes
- 1:3 Lit. a mi suerte.
- 1:3 Lit. a tu suerte.
- 1:4 Lit. los hirieron.
- 1:5 Lit. e hirieron.
- 1:9 I.e. región del sur.
- 1:9 Heb. Sefela.
- 1:12 Lit. hiera.
- 1:14 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en el T.M., ella lo.
- 1:14 Lit. ¿Qué para ti?
- 1:16 Lit. hijos.
- 1:17 Lit. e hirieron.
- 1:17 O dedicaron al anatema.
- 1:17 I.e. Destrucción.
- 1:19 Lit. desposeer.
- 1:20 Lit. hablado.
- 1:20 Lit. desposeyó, y así en el resto del cap.
- 1:21 Lit. desposeyeron, y así en el resto del cap.
- 1:22 I.e. Casa de Dios.
- 1:23 Lit. espió.
- 1:32 Lit. la.
- 1:33 Lit. la.
- 1:34 Lit. presionaron.
- 1:35 Lit. la mano.
- 1:35 O fue pesada.
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