1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel
asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first,
to fight against them?
1:2And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold,
I have delivered the land into his hand.
(1:2-6) "And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
God appoints Judah to succeed Joshua. The Lord delivers his foes into his hands and another 10,000 are
slain. In the process, they capture Adonibezek and "cut off his thumbs and great toes." What the Bible says about amputation
(1:4)
"The LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men." God's 40th Killing
(1:6) "They ... cut off his thumbs and big toes."
(1:7) "Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their
great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table"
Adonibezek fed 70 kings (with their thumbs and big toes cut off) under his table.
(1:8) "The children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem,
and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire."
The Israelites killed everyone in Jerusalem and set the city on fire. God's 41st Killing
1:3
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that
we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into
thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
1:4
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand:
and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
1:5
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and
the Perizzites.
1:6
But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and
his great toes.
1:7
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut
off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me.
And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
1:8
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it,
and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
1:9
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name
of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and
Talmai.
1:11
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
1:12
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter to wife.
(1:12-13) "Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher ... will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel ... took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife."
Caleb offers to give his daughter to whoever conquers the city of Debir. Caleb's nephew wins the contest
and is given his cousin for a prize. God's 42nd Killing
1:13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
1:14
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of
her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto
her, What wilt thou?
1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs
and the nether springs.
1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the
city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,
which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
1:17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath,
and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
(1:17, 19)
"They slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it ... And the Lord was with
Judah." (You can tell by the number of innocent people he killed.)
1:18
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast
thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could
not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of
iron.
1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the
three sons of Anak.
1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem;
but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
1:22
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD
was with them.
(1:21, 27-30) "The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem ...
neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites."
God promised many times that he would drive out all the inhabitants of the lands they encountered. But
these verses show that God failed to keep his promise since he was unable to driver out the Canaanites. Ex.33:2 Dt.7:1, 7:24, 9:4-6, 31:3-7 Jos.1:1-5, 3:10, 17:17-18, 21:43-45
1:23
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city
before was Luz.)
1:24
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto
him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew
thee mercy.
1:25And when he shewed them the entrance into the
city, they smote the city
with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
1:26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
1:27
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of
Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but
the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
(1:25) "And when he shewed them the entrance into the city,
they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family."
The Israelite spies killed everyone in Bethel, except for the man (and his family) who
showed them how to enter the city.
1:28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did
not utterly drive them out.
1:29Neither did Ephraim
drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt
in Gezer among them.
1:30
Neither did Zebulun
drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the
Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
1:31
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
Rehob:
1:32
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
for they did not drive them out.
1:33
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the
inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath
became tributaries unto them.
1:34
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they
would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
1:35
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:
yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
tributaries.
1:36
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the
rock, and upward.
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