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 people of Israel asked Yahweh, saying, “Who first will attack the Canaanites for us, to fight against them?”
2 and to say LORD Judah to ascend: rise behold to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet in/on/with hand: power his
Yahweh said, “Judah will attack. See, I have given them control of this land.”
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
The men of Judah said to men of Simeon, their brothers, “Come up with us into our territory that was assigned to us that together we may fight against the Canaanites. We will likewise go with you to the territory that was assigned to you.” So the tribe of Simeon 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
The men of Judah attacked, and Yahweh gave them victory over the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They killed ten thousand of them 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
They found Adoni-Bezek at Bezek, and they fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the 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
But Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him, and they cut off his thumbs and his 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
Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, who had their thumbs and their big toes cut off, gathered their food from under my table. As I have done, even so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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
The men of Judah fought against the city of Jerusalem and took it. They attacked it with the edge of the sword and they set the city 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
After that, the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negev, and the western 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 advanced against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron was previously Kiriath Arba), and they defeated 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 the men of Judah advanced against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was previously 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
Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I will give him Aksah, my daughter, to be his wife.”
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
Othniel, son of Kenaz (Caleb's younger brother) captured Debir, so Caleb gave him Aksah, his daughter, to be his wife.
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
Soon Aksah came to Othniel, and she urged him to ask her father to give her a field. As she was getting off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”
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
She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, also give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the 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
The descendants of Moses' father-in-law the Kenite went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev, to live with the people of Judah near Arad.
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
The men of Judah went with the men of Simeon their brothers and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and they completely destroyed it. The name of the city 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
The people of Judah also captured Gaza and the land around it, Ashkelon and the land around it, and Ekron and the land around it.
19 and to be LORD with 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
Yahweh was with the people of Judah and they took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had iron chariots.
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
Hebron was given to Caleb (like Moses had said), and he drove out from there 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
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem. So the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 and to ascend: rise house: household Joseph also they(masc.) Bethel Bethel and LORD with them
The house of Joseph prepared to attack Bethel, and Yahweh 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 out men to spy on Bethel (the city that was formerly called 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
The spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Show us, please, how to get into the city, and we will be kind to you.”
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
He showed them a way into the city, and so they attacked the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family get away.
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
Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and 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 *QK) 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
The people of Manasseh did not drive out the people living in the cities of Beth Shan and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or those who lived in Dor and its villages, or those who lived in Ibleam and its villages, or those who lived in Megiddo and its villages, because the Canaanites were determined to live 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 strong, they forced the Canaanites to serve them with hard 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 did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live in Gezer among them.
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 did not drive out the people living in Kitron, or the people living in Nahalol, and so the Canaanites continued to live among them, but Zebulun forced the Canaanites to serve them with hard labor.
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 did not drive out the people living in Akko, or the people living in Sidon, or those living in Ahlab, Akzib, Helbah, Aphek, or 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 tribe of Asher lived among the Canaanites (those who lived in 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
The tribe of Naphtali did not drive out those who were living in Beth Shemesh, or those living in Beth Anath. So the tribe of Naphtali lived among the Canaanites (the people who were living in that land). However, the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced into hard labor for Naphthali.
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 tribe of Dan to live in the hill country, not allowing them to come down to 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
So the Amorites lived at Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the military might of the house of Joseph conquered them, and they were forced to serve them with hard labor.
36 and border: boundary [the] Amorite from ascent Akrabbim from [the] Sela and above [to]
The border of the Amorites ran from the hill of Akrabbim at Sela up into the hill country.
