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children of Iudah, into the wildernesse of Iudah,
that lieth in the South of Arad, and went and
The Book of Judges dwelt among the people. 17 But Iudah went with
Simeon his brother, and they slewe the Canaan-
1 After that Ioshua was dead, the children ites that inhabited Zephath, and vtterly destroied
of Israel asked ye Lord, saying, Who shall goe it, and called the name of the citie Hormah.
Also Iudah tooke Azzah with the coasts thereof,
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vp for vs against the Canaanites, to fight first and Askelon with the coasts thereof, and Ekron
against them? 2 And the Lord said, Iudah shall with the coastes thereof. 19 And the Lord was
goe vp: behold, I haue giuen the land into his with Iudah, and he possessed the mountaines:
hande. And Iudah said vnto Simeon his brother, for he could not driue out the inhabitantes of
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Come vp with me into my lot, that we may the valleis, because they had charrets of yron.
fight against the Canaanites: and I likewise will 20 And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, as Moses had
goe with thee into thy lot: so Simeon went saide, and hee expelled thence the three sonnes
with him. 4 Then Iudah went vp, and the Lord of Anak. 21 But the children of Beniamin did not
deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into cast out the Iebusites, that inhabited Ierusalem:
their hands, and they slew of them in Bezek therefore the Iebusites dwell with the children
ten thousand men. 5 And they founde Adoni- of Beniamin in Ierusalem vnto this day. 22 They
bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, also that were of the house of Ioseph, went vp
and slewe the Canaanites, and the Perizzites. to Beth-el, and the Lord was with them, 23 And
6 But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and
him, and caught him, and cut off the thumbes the name of the citie beforetime was Luz) 24 And
of his hands and of his feete. And Adoni-bezek the spies sawe a man come out of the citie, and
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said, Seuentie Kings hauing the thumbes of their they saide vnto him, Shewe vs, we praie thee,
hands and of their feete cut off, gathered bread the way into the citie, and we will shewe thee
vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath mercie. 25 And when hee had shewed them the
rewarded me. so they brought him to Ierusalem, waie into the citie, they smote the citie with the
and there he died. (Nowe the children of Iudah edge of the sworde, but they let the man and all
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had fought against Ierusalem, and had taken it his housholde depart. 26 Then the man went into
and smitten it with the edge of the sworde, and the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and
had set the citie on fire.) 9 Afterwarde also the called the name thereof Luz, which is the name
Neither did Manasseh
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thereof vnto this daie.
children of Iudah went downe to fight against destroieBethsheanwithhertownes, norTaanach
the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountaine, and with her townes, nor the inhabitantes of Dor with
towarde the South, and in the lowe countrey. her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam with
10 And Iudah went against the Canaanites that her townes, neither the inhabitants of Megiddo
dwelt in Hebron, which Hebron beforetime was with her townes: but the Canaanites dwelled still
called Kiriath-arba: and they slewe Sheshai, and in that lande. 28 Neuerthelesse when Israel was
Ahiman and Talmai. 11 And from thence hee went strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and
to the inhabitantes of Debir, and the name of expelled them not wholly. 29 Likewise Ephraim
Debir in olde time was Kiriath-sepher. 12 And expelled not the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer,
Caleb saide, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my 30 Neither did Zebulun expell the inhabitants
daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the sonne of of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol, but
Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it, to whome the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
hee gaue Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And tributaries. 31 Neither did Asher cast out the in-
when shee came to him, shee mooued him to habitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon,
aske of her father a field, and shee lighted off her nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of
asse, and Caleb saide vnto her, What wilt thou? Aphik, nor of Rehob, 32 But the Asherites dwelt
15 And shee answered him, Giue mee a blessing: among the Canaanites the inhabitantes of the
for thou hast giuen me a South countrey, giue lande: for they did not driue them out. 33 Neither
me also springs of water: and Caleb gaue her the did Naphtali driue out the inhabitants of Beth-
springs aboue and the springs beneath. 16 And shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but
the childre of Keni Moses father in law went dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of
vp out of the citie of the palme trees with the the lande: neuerthelesse the inhabitantes of