Judges 1

vayehi akhare mot yehoshua vayyishalu bene yisra'el ba-Adonai lemor mi ya'aleh-llanu el-hakkena'ani battekhillah lehillakhem bo

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of GOD, “Which of us shall be the first to go up against the Canaanites and attack them?”

vayyomer Adonai yehudah ya'aleh hinneh natatti et-ha'arets beyado

GOD replied, “Let [the tribe of] Judah go up. I now deliver the land into their hands.”

vayyomer yehudah leshimon akhiv aleh itti vegorali venillakhamah bakkena'ani vehalakhti gam-ani ittekha begoralekha vayyelekh itto shimon

Judah then said to their brother-tribe Simeon, “Come up with us to our allotted territory and let us attack the Canaanites, and then we will go with you to your allotted territory.” So Simeon joined them.

vayya'al yehudah vayyitten Adonai et-hakkena'ani vehapperizzi beyadam vayyakkum bevezeq aseret alafim ish

When Judah advanced, GOD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.

vayyimtse'u et-adoni vezeq bevezeq vayyillakhamu bo vayyakku et-hakkena'ani ve'et-happerizzi

At Bezek, they encountered Adoni-bezek, engaged him in battle, and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

vayyanos adoni vezeq vayyirdefu akharayw vayyokhazu oto vayeqatsetsu et-behonot yadayw veraglayw

Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and captured him; and they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

vayyomer adoni-vezeq shivim melakhim behonot yedehem veraglehem mequtsatsim hayu melaqqetim takhat shulkhani ka'asher asiti ken shillam-li elohim vayevi'uhu yerushalai͏m vayyamot sham

And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me.” They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

vayyillakhamu vene-yehudah birushalai͏m vayyilkedu otah vayyakkuha lefi-kharev ve'et-ha'ir shillekhu va'esh

The Judahites attacked Jerusalem and captured it; they put it to the sword and set the city on fire.

ve'akhar yaredu bene yehudah lehillakhem bakkena'ani yoshev hahar vehannegev vehashefelah

After that the Judahites went down to attack the Canaanites who inhabited the hill country, the Negeb, and the Shephelah.

vayyelekh yehudah el-hakkena'ani hayyoshev bekhevron veshem-khevron lefanim qiryat arba vayyakku et-sheshay ve'et-akhiman ve'et-talmay

The Judahites marched against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. (The name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba.)

vayyelekh misham el-yosheve devir veshem-devir lefanim qiryat-sefer

From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher).

vayyomer kalev asher-yakkeh et-qiryat-sefer ulekhadah venatatti lo et-akhsah vitti le'isha

And Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”

vayyilkedah otni'el ben-qenaz akhi khalev haqqaton mimmennu vayyitten-lo et-akhsah vitto le'isha

His younger kinsman, Othniel the Kenizzite, captured it; and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.

vayehi bevo'ah vattesitehu lishol me'et-aviha hassadeh vattitsnakh me'al hakhamor vayyomer-lah kalev mah-llakh

When she came [to him], she induced him to ask her father for some property. She dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, “What is the matter?”

vattomer lo havah-lli verakhah ki erets hannegev netattani venatattah li gullot mayim vayyitten-lah kalev et gullot illit ve'et gullot takhtit

She replied, “Give me a present, for you have given me away as Negeb-land; give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her Upper and Lower Gulloth.

uvene qeni khoten mosheh alu me'ir hattemarim et-bene yehudah midbar yehudah asher benegev arad vayyelekh vayyeshev et-ha'am

The descendants of the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, went up with the Judahites from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah; and they went and settled among the people in the Negeb of Arad.

vayyelekh yehudah et-shimon akhiv vayyakku et-hakkena'ani yoshev tsefat vayyakharimu otah vayyiqra et-shem-ha'ir khormah

And Judah with its brother-tribe Simeon went on and defeated the Canaanites who dwelt in Zephath. They proscribed it, and so the town was named Hormah.

vayyilkod yehudah et-azzah ve'et-gevulah ve'et-ashqelon ve'et-gevulah ve'et-eqron ve'et-gevulah

And Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.

vayehi Adonai et-yehudah vayyoresh et-hahar ki lo lehorish et-yosheve ha'emeq ki-rekhev barzel lahem

GOD was with Judah, so that they took possession of the hill country; but they were not able to dispossess the inhabitants of the plain, for they had iron chariots.

vayyittenu lekhalev et-khevron ka'asher dibber mosheh vayyoresh misham et-sheloshah bene ha'anaq

They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove the three Anakites out of there.

ve'et-hayevusi yoshev yerushalai͏m lo horishu bene vinyamin vayyeshev hayevusi et-bene vinyamin birushalai͏m ad hayyom hazzeh

The Benjaminites did not dispossess the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have dwelt with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.

vayya'alu vet-yosef gam-hem bet-el va-Adonai immam

The House of Joseph, for their part, advanced against Bethel, and GOD was with them.

vayyatiru vet-yosef bevet-el veshem-ha'ir lefanim luz

While the House of Joseph were scouting at Bethel (the name of the town was formerly Luz),

vayyiru hashomerim ish yotse min-ha'ir vayyomeru lo harenu na et-mevo ha'ir ve'asinu immekha khased

their patrols saw someone leaving the town. They said to him, “Just show us how to get into the town, and we will treat you kindly.”

vayyarem et-mevo ha'ir vayyakku et-ha'ir lefi-kharev ve'et-ha'ish ve'et-kol-mishpakhto shillekhu

He showed them how to get into the town; they put the town to the sword, but they let the man and all his relatives go free.

vayyelekh ha'ish erets hakhittim vayyiven ir vayyiqra shemah luz hu shemah ad hayyom hazzeh

The man went to the Hittite country. He founded a city and named it Luz, and that has been its name to this day.

velo-horish menasheh et-bet-she'an ve'et-benoteha ve'et-tanakh ve'et-benoteha ve'et-[yosheve] (yvshv) dor ve'et-benoteha ve'et-yosheve yivle'am ve'et-benoteha ve'et-yosheve megiddo ve'et-benoteha vayyo'el hakkena'ani lashevet ba'arets hazzot

Manasseh did not dispossess [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its dependencies, or [of] Taanach and its dependencies, or the inhabitants of Dor and its dependencies, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its dependencies, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependencies. The Canaanites persisted in dwelling in this region.

vayehi ki-khazaq yisra'el vayyasem et-hakkena'ani lamas vehoresh lo horisho

And when Israel gained the upper hand, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not dispossess them.

ve'efrayim lo horish et-hakkena'ani hayyoshev begazer vayyeshev hakkena'ani beqirbo begazer

Nor did Ephraim dispossess the Canaanites who inhabited Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in their midst at Gezer.

zevulun lo horish et-yosheve qitron ve'et-yosheve nahalol vayyeshev hakkena'ani beqirbo vayyihyu lamas

Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites dwelt in their midst, but they were subjected to forced labor.

asher lo horish et-yosheve akko ve'et-yosheve tsidon ve'et-akhlav ve'et-akhziv ve'et-khelbah ve'et-afiq ve'et-rekhov

Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

vayyeshev ha'asheri beqerev hakkena'ani yosheve ha'arets ki lo horisho

So the Asherites dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not dispossess them.

naftali lo-horish et-yosheve vet-shemesh ve'et-yosheve vet-anat vayyeshev beqerev hakkena'ani yosheve ha'arets veyosheve vet-shemesh uvet anat hayu lahem lamas

Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath. But they settled in the midst of the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath had to perform forced labor for them.

vayyilkhatsu ha'emori et-bene-dan haharah ki-lo netano laredet la'emeq

The Amorites pressed the Danites into the hill country; they would not let them come down to the plain.

vayyo'el ha'emori lashevet behar-kheres be'ayyalon uvesha'alvim vattikhbad yad bet-yosef vayyihyu lamas

The Amorites also persisted in dwelling in Har-heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. But the hand of the House of Joseph bore heavily on them and they had to perform forced labor.

ugevul ha'emori mimma'aleh aqrabbim mehassela vama'elah

The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim—from Sela—onward.