The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds
(Joshua 13:1–7)

1And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of YHWH, saying, “Who shall go up for us against the Canaanite as the first to fight against them?”

2And YHWH said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

3And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my allotment, that we may fight against the Canaanite. And will go likewise I with you into your allotment.” And Simeon went with him.

4And Judah went up, and YHWH delivered the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they struck them in Bezek—ten thousand men. 5And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

6And Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his feet. 7And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with the thumbs of their hands and their feet cut off, have been scavenging under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron
(Joshua 15:13–19)

8And the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they took it, and they struck it with the mouth of the sword, and they sent the city into fire. 9And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and in the Negev, and in the Shephelah.†

10And Judah went against the Canaanite dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they killed Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11And they went from there against those dwelling in Debir (and the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher). 12And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes down Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give to him Acsah my daughter as wife.” 13And Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, took it. And he gave to him Acsah his daughter as wife.

14And it came to pass in her coming in, that she urged him† to ask from her father the field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What shall be unto you?”

15And she said to him, “Give to me a blessing. Since the land of the Negev you have given me, give to me springs of water.”

And Caleb gave to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, went up from the City of Palms† with the sons of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they attacked the Canaanite dwelling in Zephath and devoted it to destruction.† And they called the name of the city Hormah.† 18And Judah took† Gaza and its territory, and Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory. 19And YHWH was with Judah, and he possessed the hill country. But he did not dispossess those dwelling in the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.

21And the Jebusite who inhabited Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess. And the Jebusite has dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22And the house of Joseph went up—even they—against Bethel, and YHWH was with them. 23And the house of Joseph they sent to spy out in Bethel (and the name of the city was formerly Luz), 24and the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Show us, please, the entrance to the city, and we will show you kindness.”

25And he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the mouth of the sword. And the man and all his family they sent away. 26And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and he called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.

The Failure to Complete the Conquest

27And Manasseh did not dispossess those of Beth-shean and its villages, and Taanach and its villages, and those dwelling in Dor and its villages, and those dwelling in Ibleam and its villages, and those dwelling in Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanite were determined to dwell in this land. 28And it came to pass, when Israel became strong, that he put the Canaanite to forced labor, and he did not drive him out completely.

29And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanite dwelling in Gezer; and the Canaanite dwelt among them in Gezer.

30Zebulun did not dispossess those dwelling in Kitron, and those dwelling in Nahalol; and the Canaanite dwelt among them and were put to forced labor.

31Asher did not dispossess those dwelling in Acco, and those dwelling in Sidon, and of Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphek, and Rehob. 32And the Asherite dwelt among the Canaanite dwellers of the land, for they did not drive them out.

33Naphtali did not dispossess those dwelling in Beth-shemesh and those dwelling in Beth-anath, and they dwelt among the Canaanite dwellers of the land. And those dwelling in Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced labor to them.

34And the Amorite pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley. 35And the Amorite were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. And the strength of the house of Joseph became heavy, and they were put to forced labor. 36And the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of Akrabbim† to Sela and upward.

Footnotes:

9 Or foothills or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea
14 Hebrew; LXX and Vulgate he urged her; see Joshua 15:18.
16 That is, Jericho
17 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to YHWH, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
17 Hormah means destruction.
18 Hebrew; LXX But Judah did not capture
36 Or the Ascent of Scorpions or Scorpion Pass