Judges 1
1 and to be after death Joshua and to ask son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with LORD to/for to say who? to ascend: rise to/for us to(wards) [the] Canaanite in/on/with beginning to/for to fight in/on/with him
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
2 and to say LORD Judah to ascend: rise behold to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet in/on/with hand: power his
“Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
3 and to say Judah to/for Simeon brother: male-sibling his to ascend: rise with me in/on/with allotted my and to fight in/on/with Canaanite and to go: went also I with you in/on/with allotted your and to go: went with him Simeon
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 and to ascend: rise Judah and to give: give LORD [obj] [the] Canaanite and [the] Perizzite in/on/with hand: power their and to smite them in/on/with Bezek ten thousand man
When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 and to find [obj] Adoni-bezek Adoni-bezek in/on/with Bezek and to fight in/on/with him and to smite [obj] [the] Canaanite and [obj] [the] Perizzite
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 and to flee Adoni-bezek Adoni-bezek and to pursue after him and to grasp [obj] him and to cut [obj] thumb/big toe hand his and foot his
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 and to say Adoni-bezek Adoni-bezek seventy king thumb/big toe hand their and foot their to cut to be to gather underneath: under table my like/as as which to make: do so to complete to/for me God and to come (in): bring him Jerusalem and to die there
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.
8 and to fight son: descendant/people Judah in/on/with Jerusalem and to capture [obj] her and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] [the] city to send: burn in/on/with fire
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
9 and after to go down son: descendant/people Judah to/for to fight in/on/with Canaanite to dwell [the] mountain: hill country and [the] Negeb and [the] Shephelah
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 and to go: went Judah to(wards) [the] Canaanite [the] to dwell in/on/with Hebron and name Hebron to/for face: before Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba and to smite [obj] Sheshai and [obj] Ahiman and [obj] Talmai
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 and to go: went from there to(wards) to dwell Debir and name Debir to/for face: before Kiriath-sannah Kiriath-sannah
From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
12 and to say Caleb which to smite [obj] Kiriath-sannah Kiriath-sannah and to capture her and to give: give(marriage) to/for him [obj] Achsah daughter my to/for woman: wife
And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
13 and to capture her Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him and to give: give(marriage) to/for him [obj] Achsah daughter his to/for woman: wife
So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
14 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come she and to incite him to/for to ask from with father her [the] land: country and to descend from upon [the] donkey and to say to/for her Caleb what? to/for you
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 and to say to/for him to give [emph?] to/for me blessing for land: country/planet [the] Negeb to give: put me and to give: give to/for me bowl water and to give: give to/for her Caleb [obj] bowl upper and [obj] bowl lower
“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 and son: descendant/people Kenite relative Moses to ascend: rise from Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim with son: descendant/people Judah wilderness Judah which in/on/with Negeb Arad and to go: went and to dwell with [the] people
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 and to go: went Judah with Simeon brother: male-sibling his and to smite [obj] [the] Canaanite to dwell Zephath and to devote/destroy [obj] her and to call: call by [obj] name [the] city Hormah
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 and to capture Judah [obj] Gaza and [obj] border: area her and [obj] Ashkelon and [obj] border: area her and [obj] Ekron and [obj] border: area her
And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
19 and to be LORD (with *L(abh)*) Judah and to possess: take [obj] [the] mountain: hill country for not to/for to possess: take [obj] to dwell [the] valley for chariot iron to/for them
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 and to give: give to/for Caleb [obj] Hebron like/as as which to speak: speak Moses and to possess: take from there [obj] three son: descendant/people [the] Anak
Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
21 and [obj] [the] Jebusite to dwell Jerusalem not to possess: take son: descendant/people Benjamin and to dwell [the] Jebusite with son: descendant/people Benjamin in/on/with Jerusalem till [the] day: today [the] this
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
22 and to ascend: rise house: household Joseph also they(masc.) Bethel Bethel and LORD with them
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 and to spy house: household Joseph in/on/with Bethel Bethel and name [the] city to/for face: before Luz
They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
24 and to see: see [the] to keep: look at man to come out: come from [the] city and to say to/for him to see: see us please [obj] entrance [the] city and to make: do with you kindness
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 and to see: see them [obj] entrance [the] city and to smite [obj] [the] city to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] [the] man and [obj] all family his to send: let go
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 and to go: went [the] man land: country/planet [the] Hittite and to build city and to call: call by name her Luz he/she/it name her till [the] day: today [the] this
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27 and not to possess: take Manasseh [obj] Beth-shean Beth-shean and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] Taanach and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] (to dwell *Q(K)*) Dor and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] to dwell Ibleam and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] to dwell Megiddo and [obj] daughter: village her and be willing [the] Canaanite to/for to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this
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 and to be for to strengthen: strengthen Israel and to set: put [obj] [the] Canaanite to/for taskworker and to possess: take not to possess: take him
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 and Ephraim not to possess: take [obj] [the] Canaanite [the] to dwell in/on/with Gezer and to dwell [the] Canaanite in/on/with entrails: among his in/on/with Gezer
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
30 Zebulun not to possess: take [obj] to dwell Kitron and [obj] to dwell Nahalol and to dwell [the] Canaanite in/on/with entrails: among his and to be to/for taskworker
Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
31 Asher not to possess: take [obj] to dwell Acco and [obj] to dwell Sidon and [obj] Ahlab and [obj] Achzib and [obj] Helbah and [obj] Aphek and [obj] Rehob
Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
32 and to dwell [the] Asherite in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite to dwell [the] land: country/planet for not to possess: take him
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
33 Naphtali not to possess: take [obj] to dwell Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and [obj] to dwell Beth-anath Beth-anath and to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite to dwell [the] land: country/planet and to dwell Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath Beth-anath to be to/for them to/for taskworker
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 and to oppress [the] Amorite [obj] son: descendant/people Dan [the] mountain: hill country [to] for not to give: allow him to/for to go down to/for valley
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
35 and be willing [the] Amorite to/for to dwell in/on/with mountain: mount (Mount) Heres in/on/with Aijalon and in/on/with Shaalbim and to honor: heavy hand: power house: household Joseph and to be to/for taskworker
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 and border: boundary [the] Amorite from ascent Akrabbim from [the] Sela and above [to]
And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
