The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds (Joshua 13:1–7)
2 ULT And Yahweh said,“Judah will go up. Behold, I have given the land into his hand.” BSB BSB: “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
3 ULT Then Judah said to Simeon, his brother,“Go up with me into my allotment, and let us fight against the Canaanite. And I will also go with you myself into your allotment.” 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 ULT And Judah went up, and Yahweh gave the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand. And at Bezek they struck 10, 000 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 ULT And they found Adoni- Bezek at Bezek, and they fought against him. And they struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite. BSB BSB: And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 ULT Then Adoni- Bezek fled, but they pursued after him, and they seized him, and they cut off the thumbs of his hands and his feet. BSB BSB: As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 ULT And Adoni- Bezek said,“70 kings{ with} the thumbs of their hands and their feet cut off were gathering beneath my table. According to what I have done, so God has repaid to me.” Then they brought him{ to} Jerusalem, and he died there. 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 ULT And the sons of Judah fought with Jerusalem and captured it. And they struck it to the mouth of the sword, and they sent the city into 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 ULT And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanite living{ in} the hill country and the Negev and the Shephelah. 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 ULT Then Judah went down to the Canaanite living in Hebron.(Now the name of Hebron previously{ was} Kiriath Arba.) And they struck 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 ULT And he went from there against the dwellers of Debir.(Now the name of Debir previously{ was} Kiriath Sepher.) BSB BSB: From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
12 ULT And Caleb said,“Whoever strikes Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I will then give to him Aksah, my daughter, for a 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 ULT And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, the{ one} younger than him, captured it. So he gave to him Aksah, his daughter, for a 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 ULT Now it happened, in the coming of her, that she persuaded him to request the field from her father. And she descended from upon the donkey, and Caleb said to her,“What for 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 ULT And she said to him,“Give to me a blessing. Since you have given me land of the Negev, you shall also give to me springs of waters.” So Caleb gave to her the upper springs and the lower 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 ULT Now the sons of the Kenite, the father- in- law of Moses, went up from the City of Palms with the sons of Judah{ to} the wilderness of Judah that{ is} in the Negev of Arad. And he went and he dwelled with 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 ULT Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanite dwelling{ in} Zephath. And they devoted it, and they called the name of the city 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 ULT And Judah captured Gaza and the territory of it and Ashkelon and the territory of it and Ekron and the territory of it. BSB BSB: And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
19 ULT Now it happened{ that} Yahweh{ was} with Judah and he possessed the hill country. But he did not dispossess the dwellers of the valley, for chariotry of iron{ was} to them. 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 ULT But they gave Hebron to Caleb, according to what Moses had spoken, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of the 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 ULT And the house of Joseph, they too went up{ to} Bethel, and Yahweh{ was} with them. BSB BSB: The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 ULT And the house of Joseph spied upon Bethel.(Now the name of the city previously{ was} Luz.) BSB BSB: They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
24 ULT And the observers saw a man going out from the city, and they said to him,“Show us, please, the entrance of the city, and we will do kindness with you.” 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 ULT So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city to the mouth of the sword, but the man and all of his family they sent{ away}. 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 ULT Then the man went{ to} the land of the Hittites and he built a city, and he called the name of it Luz. That{ is} the name of it until 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 27 ULT But Manasseh did not dispossess Beth Shan and its daughters, or Taanach and its daughters, or the dwellers of Dor and its daughters, or the dwellers of Ibleam and its daughters, or the dwellers of Megiddo and its daughters, for the Canaanite had resolved to dwell in that land. BSB BSB: At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. 28 ULT Now it happened that Israel became strong and he put the Canaanite to forced labor, but he did not dispossess him. BSB BSB: When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 ULT And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanite, the dweller of Gezer, so the Canaanite dwelled in the midst of him in Gezer. BSB BSB: Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
30 ULT Zebulun did not dispossess the dwellers of Kitron or the dwellers of Nahalol, so the Canaanite dwelled in his midst. But they became forced labor. 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 ULT Asher did not dispossess the dwellers of Akko or the dwellers of Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob. BSB BSB: Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
32 ULT So the Asherite dwelled in the midst of the Canaanite, the dweller of the land, because he did not dispossess him. BSB BSB: So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
33 ULT Naphtali did not dispossess the dwellers of Beth Shemesh or the dwellers of Beth Anath. So he dwelled in the midst of the Canaanite, the dwellers of the land. But the dwellers of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced labor for 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 ULT And the Amorite, they pressed the sons of Dan{ into} the hill country, for he did not allow him to go down into 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 ULT And the Amorite resolved to dwell at Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph became heavy and they became forced labor. 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 ULT Now the border of the Amorite{ was} from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward. BSB BSB: And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
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