Judges 1
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Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--AElian informs us, that in after ages 'the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of AEgina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar.' It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children. gathered. or, gleaned. as I have

Exodus 21:23-25 And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life…

Leviticus 24:19-21 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so …

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword has made women childless, so shall …

Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you that spoil, and you were not spoiled; and deal treacherously…

Matthew 7:1,2 Judge not, that you be not judged…

Luke 6:37,38 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall …

Romans 2:15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience …

James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …

Revelation 13:10 He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills …

Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have …

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Caleb. The whole of this account is found in Jos.

Judges 15:13-19 And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and …

Joshua 15:16,17 And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him …

1 Samuel 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that is come up? …

1 Samuel 18:23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David …

to him. In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city.

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

And it came

Joshua 15:18,19 And it came to pass, as she came to him, that she moved him to ask …

and she lighted. Watitznach, 'she hastily or suddenly alighted,' as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

the Lord

Numbers 1:2 Take you the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, …

Numbers 6:12,13 And he shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and …

Genesis 39:2,21 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he …

Joshua 1:5,9 There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days …

Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that …

2 Samuel 5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

2 Kings 18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered wherever he went forth: …

Psalm 46:7,11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…

Psalm 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread …

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, …

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin …

Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, …

Isaiah 41:10,14,15 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, …

Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

he drave, or he possessed the mountain. but could. Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them.

Judges 1:27-32 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her …

Joshua 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, …

Matthew 14:30,31 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning …

Matthew 17:19,20 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we …

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.

chariots

Exodus 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of …

Joshua 11:1-9 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, …

Joshua 17:16-18 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us…

Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, …

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Kitron. The Talmudists say Kitron is 'tzippor,' that is, Sepphoris, or Diocaesarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty miles north-west from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela. Nahalol

Joshua 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: …

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

Asher

Joshua 19:24-30 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher …

Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated of the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre. Zidon. Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean,

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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