The Koine Bible

And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, and the sons of Israel were asking of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us to the Canaanites, leading the way to make war against them?

And the Lord said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.

And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Go up with me into my allotment, and let us draw up against the Canaanites, and I also will go with you into your allotment. And Simeon went with him.

And Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek, ten thousand men.

And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek and drew up in battle against him and struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite

And Adoni-bezek fled, and they ran after him and seized him and cut off the ends of his hands and the ends of his feet

And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, the tips of their hands and the tips of their feet having been cut off, were gathering what was under my table; as therefore I did, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

And the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it and struck it with the mouth of the sword, and they burned the city with fire.

And after these things the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanite, the one inhabiting the hill country and the south and the plain

And Judah went against the Canaanite who was dwelling in Hebron, and Hebron went out from opposite, and the name was Hebron formerly Kiriatharbozepher, and they struck Sheshi and Ahiman and Talmi, offspring of Enak.

And they went up from there against those dwelling in Debir, and the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher, city of letters.

And Caleb said, Whoever strikes the city of letters and takes it beforehand, I will give to him Achsa my daughter as a wife.

And Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, captured it, and Caleb gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.

And it happened in her coming in, and Othniel persuaded her to ask from her father a field, and she sighed and cried from the saddle to the ground of the south: You have given me over, and Caleb said to her, What is it to you?

And Achsa said to him, Give me, please, a blessing, because you have given me away into a land of the south, and you shall give me a release of water. And Caleb gave her, according to her heart, a release of the upper springs and a release of the lower springs.

And the sons of Jothor the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, went up out of the city of the palm trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness that was in the south of Judah, which is by the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and he struck down the Canaanite who was dwelling in Sepec, and they utterly destroyed them, and he called the name of the city Anathema.

And Judah did not inherit Gaza, nor its borders, nor Ashkelon, nor its borders, nor Ekron, nor its borders, nor Ashdod, nor its surrounding fields.

And the Lord was with Judah, and he inherited the mountain, because they were not able to utterly destroy those inhabiting the valley, because Rechab had given them command.

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken, and he inherited from there the three cities of the sons of Anak.

And the Jebusite who was dwelling in Jerusalem the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess, and the Jebusite dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day

And the sons of Joseph also went up to Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

And they encamped and surveyed Bethel, and the name of their city before was Luz.

And the watchers saw, and behold, a man was coming out from the city, and they took him and said to him, Show us the entrance of the city, and we will do mercy with you.

And he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with the mouth of the sword, but the man and his kin they sent away

And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city there and called its name Luz; this is its name until this day.

And Manasseh did not drive out Bethshan, which is a city of Scythians, nor its daughters, nor its surrounding villages, nor Taanach, nor its daughters, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor its daughters, nor the inhabitant of Balak, nor its surrounding villages, nor its daughters, nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor its surrounding villages, nor its daughters, nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor its surrounding villages, nor its daughters; and the Canaanite began to dwell in this land.

And it happened when Israel grew strong, and made the Canaanite into tribute, but by driving out he did not drive him out.

And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanite who was dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelt in its midst in Gezer, and he became subject to tribute

And Zebulun did not drive out those inhabiting Kedron, nor those inhabiting Domana; and the Canaanite dwelt in their midst, and he became to him for tribute.

And Asher did not drive out those inhabiting Acco, and it became to him for tribute, and those inhabiting Dor, and those inhabiting Sidon, and those inhabiting Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Nai, and Ereo.

And Asher dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite who was dwelling the land, because he was not able to drive him out.

And Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and the inhabitants of Beth-anath, and Naphtali dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite who was inhabiting the land; but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became to them for tribute.

And the Amorite pressed the sons of Dan into the mountain, because they did not let him come down into the valley.

And the Amorrite began to dwell in the rocky mountain, in which were the bears, and in which were the foxes, in the Mursinon and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was made heavy upon the Amorrite, and he became to them for tribute.

And the border of the Amorite was from the ascent of Akrabin, from the Rock and upward.