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?
Judges 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children …
now
Joshua 24:29,30 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, …
asked
Judges 20:18,28 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, …
Exodus 28:30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the …
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel …
1 Samuel 22:9,10 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of …
1 Samuel 23:9,10 And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; …
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.
Lord
Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall …
Deuteronomy 9:3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD your God is he which …
Joshua 10:8-10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered …
Joshua 11:6-8 And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them…
1 Samuel 14:6,10 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and …
1 Samuel 17:46,47 This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will smite …
1 Kings 22:6,15 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four …
Bezek. Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis
1 Samuel 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three …
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.
Kirjath-arba
Joshua 14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great …
Sheshai
Judges 1:20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled there …
Numbers 13:22,33 And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, …
Joshua 15:13,14 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children …
Psalm 33:16,17 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man …
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, …
Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
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 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 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.
a blessing
Genesis 33:11 Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God …
1 Samuel 25:18,27 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles …
2 Corinthians 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …
Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and …
1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise …
a south land. Which was probably dry, or very ill watered. give me also springs of water. Let me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.
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.
the Kenite
Judges 4:11,17 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father …
Numbers 10:29-32 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' …
Numbers 24:21,22 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, …
1 Samuel 15:6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among …
1 Chronicles 2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
Jeremiah 35:2 Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them …
Moses
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest …
Exodus 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said …
Exodus 18:1,7,12,14-17,27 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of …
Numbers 10:29 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' …
city of palm
Judges 3:13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went …
Deuteronomy 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of …
2 Chronicles 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him.
which
Numbers 21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelled in the south, heard …
Joshua 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
they went
Numbers 10:29-32 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' …
1 Samuel 15:6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among …
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.
Also Judah. There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof.' Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from ch.
Judges 3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and …
Judges 3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and …
Judges 16:1,2,21 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her…
Exodus 23:31 And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the …
Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of …
Joshua 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, …
Joshua 15:45-47 Ekron, with her towns and her villages…
1 Samuel 6:17 And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for …
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.
they gave
Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and …
Deuteronomy 1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will …
Joshua 14:9-14 And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where on your …
Joshua 15:13,14 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children …
Joshua 21:11,12 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city …
the three sons
Numbers 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: …
Numbers 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, …
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.
Manasseh
Joshua 17:11-13 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, …
Taanach
Judges 5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach …
Joshua 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and …
the Canaanites
Exodus 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall …
1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and …
Psalm 106:34,35 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them…
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed …
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.
