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.
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.
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.)
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
יהודה
30
אלהכנעני
236
היושב
323
בחברון
268
ושםחברון
612
לפנים
210
קרית
710
ארבע
273
ויכו
42
אתששי
1011
ואתאחימן
516
ואתתלמי
887
Judges 1:11
Gematria: 2843
וילךמשםאליושבידבירושםדבירלפניםקריתספר
From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher).
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
משם
380
אליושבי
359
דביר
216
ושםדביר
562
לפנים
210
קריתספר
1050
Judges 1:12
Gematria: 4567
ויאמרכלבאשריכהאתקריתספרולכדהונתתילואתעכסהבתילאשה
And Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”
His younger kinsman,akinsman Or “brother.” Othniel the Kenizzite,bKenizzite Cf. Josh. 14.6, 14. captured it; and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
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?”
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.cWhen she came … Gulloth Cf. Josh. 15.18–19 and notes.
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 peopledpeople Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “Amalekites”; cf. 1 Sam. 15.6. in the Negeb of Arad.
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.eHormah I.e., “Proscribed.” Cf. notes at Num. 21.2–3.
And Judah capturedfAnd Judah captured Septuagint reads “But Judah did not capture Gaza….” Gaza is in the coastal plain referred to in v. 19. Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.
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.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
יהוה
26
אתיהודה
431
וירש
516
אתההר
611
כי
30
לא
31
להוריש
551
אתישבי
723
העמק
215
כירכב
252
ברזל
239
להם
75
Judges 1:20
Gematria: 4518
ויתנולכלבאתחברוןכאשרדברמשהויורשמשםאתשלשהבניהענק
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove the three Anakites out of there.
their patrolsgpatrols Lit. “watchmen.” saw someone leaving the town. They said to him, “Just show us how to get into the town, and we will treat you kindly.”
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.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולאהוריש
558
מנשה
395
אתביתשאן
1164
ואתבנותיה
880
ואתתענך
947
ואתבנתיה
874
ואתיושבי
735
יושב
318
דור
210
ואתבנותיה
880
ואתיושבי
735
יבלעם
152
ואתבנתיה
874
ואתיושבי
735
מגדו
53
ואתבנותיה
880
ויואל
53
הכנעני
205
לשבת
732
בארץ
293
הזאת
413
Judges 1:28
Gematria: 2954
ויהיכיחזקישראלוישםאתהכנענילמסוהורישלאהורישוס
And when Israel gained the upper hand, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not dispossess them.
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.
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.
Word-by-Word Analysis
נפתלי
570
לאהוריש
552
אתישבי
723
ביתשמש
1052
ואתישבי
729
ביתענת
932
וישב
318
בקרב
304
הכנעני
205
ישבי
322
הארץ
296
וישבי
328
ביתשמש
1052
ובית
418
ענת
520
היו
21
להם
75
למס
130
Judges 1:34
Gematria: 2579
וילחצוהאמריאתבנידןההרהכילאנתנולרדתלעמק
The Amorites pressed the Danites into the hill country; they would not let them come down to the plain.
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.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויואל
53
האמרי
256
לשבת
732
בהרחרס
475
באילון
99
ובשעלבים
460
ותכבד
432
יד
14
ביתיוסף
568
ויהיו
37
למס
130
Judges 1:36
Gematria: 1346
וגבולהאמריממעלהעקרביםמהסלעומעלהפ
The territory of the AmoriteshAmorites Some Septuagint mss. read “Edomites.” extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim—from Sela—onward.