Verse 18
Judges 1:18
New Living Translation
18
In addition, Judah captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֤ד יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת עַזָּ֣ה וְ/אֶת גְּבוּלָ֔/הּ וְ/אֶֽת אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן וְ/אֶת גְּבוּלָ֑/הּ וְ/אֶת עֶקְר֖וֹן וְ/אֶת גְּבוּלָֽ/הּ
English Translation
And Judah captured Gaza and its territory, and Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the...
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The LORD answered, “Judah, for I have given them victory over the land.”
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3
The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, “Join with us to fight against th...
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When the men of Judah attacked, the LORD gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and t...
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5
While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni-bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Peri...
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6
Adoni-bezek escaped, but the Israelites soon captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
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7
Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps fr...
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8
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it, killing all its people and setting the city on...
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9
Then they went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the western f...
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10
Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces...
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11
From there they went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriat...
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12
Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-s...
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13
Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother, Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Ot...
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14
When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her don...
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15
She said, “Let me have another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me...
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16
When the tribe of Judah left Jericho — the city of palms — the Kenites, who were descendants of Mose...
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17
Then Judah joined with Simeon to fight against the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they completely...
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18
In addition, Judah captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding ter...
19
The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed...
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20
The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living t...
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21
The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So...
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22
The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
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23
They sent men to scout out Bethel (formerly known as Luz).
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24
They confronted a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Show us a way into the town, and we w...
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So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the town except that man and his family.
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Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is it...
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27
The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megi...
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28
When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did...
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The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued...
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30
The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites cont...
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31
The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, an...
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32
Instead, the people of Asher moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land, for they failed...
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33
Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. In...
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34
As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them...
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35
The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants...
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The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.
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