The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds (Joshua 13:1–7)
2 AKJV And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. BSB BSB: “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
3 AKJV And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him. BSB BSB: Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
4 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 AKJV And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. BSB BSB: And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 AKJV But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. BSB BSB: As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 AKJV And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. BSB BSB: Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron (Joshua 15:13–19)
8 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
9 AKJV And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelled in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. BSB BSB: Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
10 AKJV And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelled in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. BSB BSB: Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 AKJV And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: BSB BSB: From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
12 AKJV And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. BSB BSB: And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
13 AKJV And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. BSB BSB: So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
14 AKJV 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 to her, What will you? BSB BSB: One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
15 AKJV And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. BSB BSB: “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
16 AKJV 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 lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelled among the people. BSB BSB: Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
17 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
18 AKJV Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. BSB BSB: And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
19 AKJV And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. BSB BSB: The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
20 AKJV And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled there the three sons of Anak. BSB BSB: Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
22 AKJV And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. BSB BSB: The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 AKJV And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) BSB BSB: They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
24 AKJV And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. BSB BSB: and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
25 AKJV And when he showed 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. BSB BSB: So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
26 AKJV 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 to this day. BSB BSB: And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
The Failure to Complete the Conquest 28 AKJV And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. BSB BSB: When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 AKJV Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelled in Gezer among them. BSB BSB: Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
30 AKJV Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelled among them, and became tributaries. BSB BSB: Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
31 AKJV 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: BSB BSB: Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
32 AKJV But the Asherites dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. BSB BSB: So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
33 AKJV Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries to them. BSB BSB: Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
34 AKJV And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: BSB BSB: The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
35 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
36 AKJV And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. BSB BSB: And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
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