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Text -- Judges 1:1-20 (NET)
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Judah Takes the Lead
1:1 After Joshua died , the Israelites asked the Lord , “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack ?”
1:2 The Lord said , “The men of Judah should take the lead . Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”
1:3 The men of Judah said to their relatives , the men of Simeon , “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites . Then we will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.
1:4 The men of Judah attacked , and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek .
1:5 They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites .
1:6 When Adoni-Bezek ran away , they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes .
1:7 Adoni-Bezek said , “Seventy kings , with thumbs and big toes cut off , used to lick up food scraps under my table . God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem , where he died .
1:8 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire .
1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country , the Negev , and the lowlands .
1:10 The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron . (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba .) They killed Sheshai , Ahiman , and Talmai .
1:11 From there they attacked the people of Debir . (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher .)
1:12 Caleb said , “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife .”
1:13 When Othniel son of Kenaz , Caleb’s younger brother , captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife .
1:14 One time Acsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land . When she got down from her donkey , Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
1:15 She answered , “Please give me a special present . Since you have given me land in the Negev , now give me springs of water .” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs .
1:16 Now the descendants of the Kenite , Moses ’ father-in-law , went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah , located in the Negev . They went and lived with the people of Judah.
1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath . They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah .
1:18 The men of Judah captured Gaza , Ashkelon , Ekron , and the territory surrounding each of these cities.
1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah . They conquered the hill country , but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain , because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
1:20 Caleb received Hebron , just as Moses had promised . He drove out the three Anakites .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Canaanites |
Israel |
Judah |
Agag |
Achsah |
Simeon |
ADONIBEZEK |
JERUSALEM |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
Debir |
ALLIANCE |
Caleb |
JUDAH, TERRITORY OF |
HOBAB |
Bezek |
Othniel |
Adoni-Bezek |
Talmai |
PALESTINE, 2 |
ARAD |
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NET Notes -> Jdg 1:1; Jdg 1:1; Jdg 1:2; Jdg 1:2; Jdg 1:3; Jdg 1:3; Jdg 1:3; Jdg 1:4; Jdg 1:5; Jdg 1:7; Jdg 1:7; Jdg 1:7; Jdg 1:7; Jdg 1:9; Jdg 1:11; Jdg 1:13; Jdg 1:13; Jdg 1:14; Jdg 1:14; Jdg 1:15; Jdg 1:15; Jdg 1:16; Jdg 1:16; Jdg 1:16; Jdg 1:17; Jdg 1:17; Jdg 1:17; Jdg 1:18; Jdg 1:19; Jdg 1:19; Jdg 1:19; Jdg 1:20
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:2 The Hebrew exclamation הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally, “Behold”), translated “Be sure of this,...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:3 Heb “I.” The Hebrew pronoun is singular, agreeing with the collective singular “Judah” earlier in the verse. English style req...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:7 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:11 Heb “they went from there against the inhabitants of Debir.” The LXX reads the verb as “they went up,” which suggests that the...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:13 Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:14 Heb “him.” The pronoun could refer to Othniel, in which case one would translate, “she incited him [Othniel] to ask her father for a...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:16 The phrase “of Judah” is supplied here in the translation. Some ancient textual witnesses read, “They went and lived with the Amalek...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:17 The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (ח...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:18 Heb “The men of Judah captured Gaza and its surrounding territory, Ashkelon and its surrounding territory, and Ekron and its surrounding territo...
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NET Notes: Jdg 1:19 Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by ...
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