1Efter Josvas død spurgte israelitterne Herren: „Hvem skal nu gå i spidsen i kampen mod kana’anæerne?”2Herren svarede: „Judas stamme. Jeg vil hjælpe dem til at indtage det land, jeg har lovet dem.”3Lederne af Judas stamme sagde til lederne af Simeons stamme: „Hjælp os med at besejre de kana’anæere, som bor i det område, der skal tilhøre os. Så hjælper vi bagefter jer med at indtage jeres område.” Så fulgte mændene fra Simeons stamme med Judas mænd.4Da de angreb, gav Herren dem sejr over kana’anæerne og perizzitterne, så de dræbte 10.000 af fjendens krigere ved byen Bezek.5Fjendens hær blev anført af kong Adonibezek,6og det lykkedes ham at undslippe, men israelitterne fangede ham og huggede hans tommelfingre og storetæer af.7„Jeg har selv behandlet 70 høvdinge på samme måde,” sagde kongen, „og jeg har ladet dem spise smulerne under mit bord. Nu gengælder Gud mig for, hvad jeg har gjort imod dem.” Derefter blev han ført til Jerusalem, hvor han blev til sin dødsdag.8Judas mænd angreb også Jerusalem, huggede indbyggerne ned og satte ild til byen.9Derefter rykkede de ud mod kana’anæerne i det sydlige højland, i Negev og på de vestlige bakkeskråninger.10De gik til angreb på kana’anæerne i Hebron, det tidligere Kirjat-Arba, og besejrede Sheshajs, Ahimans og Talmajs mænd.11De angreb også byen Debir, der tidligere hed Kirjat-Sefer.12Kaleb havde forinden sagt: „Den, der indtager Kirjat-Sefer, får min datter Aksa til kone.”13Otniel, der var søn af Kalebs yngre bror, Kenaz, erobrede byen og fik som belønning Aksa til kone.14Efter brylluppet bad Aksa sin mand om tilladelse til at tage hjem til sin far og bede om et stykke agerjord. Da hun kom derhen og stod af sit æsel, spurgte Kaleb hende: „Hvad kan jeg gøre for dig?”15„Velsign mig med en afskedsgave. Du har jo bortgiftet mig til det tørre sydland, så jeg har brug for nogle vandkilder.” Så gav Kaleb hende de øvre og de nedre kilder.16Dengang Judas stamme drog op fra Palmernes By,[1] fulgte efterkommerne af Moses’ svigerfar med dem. De hed kenitterne, og de slog sig ned blandt de øvrige beboere i Negevs ørken syd for Arad.17Da Judas og Simeons mænd drog i kamp sammen, udryddede de kana’anæerne i Zefat og udslettede byen totalt. Derfor kaldes byen nu Horma.[2]18Judas hær indtog også byerne Gaza, Ashkalon og Ekron med de omkringliggende områder.19Herren hjalp Judas stamme med at indtage højlandet, men de klarede ikke at få alle folkene i lavlandet drevet bort, fordi de havde stridsvogne af jern.20Kaleb havde nu fået Hebron, som Moses i sin tid havde lovet ham, og han fik jaget de folk bort, som boede der. De var efterkommere af Anaks tre sønner.
De øvrige stammer fordriver ikke alle de oprindelige indbyggere
21Benjamins stamme fordrev ikke alle jebusitterne fra Jerusalem. Derfor bor jebusitterne stadig i byen sammen med benjaminitterne.22-23Efraims og Manasses stammer angreb byen Betel, tidligere kaldet Luz, og Herren var med dem. De sendte først spioner af sted,24som fangede en mand, der var på vej ud af byen. De sagde så til ham: „Hvis du viser os, hvordan vi kommer ind i byen, vil vi skåne dit liv.”25Manden viste dem et smuthul, hvorefter hele byens befolkning blev hugget ned, med undtagelse af den mand og hans familie.26Senere flyttede han til hittitternes land og grundlagde der en by, som han kaldte Luz.[3] Byen ligger der den dag i dag.27Manasses stamme fordrev ikke alle indbyggerne i Bet-Shan, Ta’anak, Dor, Jibleam og Megiddo og landsbyerne deromkring, for kana’anæerne var fast besluttet på at blive boende.28Senere, da israelitterne blev stærkere, gjorde de kana’anæerne til slaver, men de fik aldrig fordrevet dem fra landet.29På samme måde gik det for Efraims stamme. Kana’anæerne blev boende side om side med dem i Gezer.30Zebulons stamme udryddede heller ikke kana’anæerne i Kitron og Nahalol, men gjorde dem til slaver,31og Ashers stamme fordrev ikke indbyggerne i Akko, Sidon, Ahlab, Akzib, Helba, Afik og Rehob.32Kana’anæerne blev boende side om side med Ashers stamme.33På samme måde gik det for Naftalis stamme: de fordrev ikke indbyggerne i Bet-Shemesh og Bet-Anat, men de gjorde dem til slaver.34Amoritterne holdt stand mod Dans stamme, så de ikke kunne bosætte sig i lavlandet.35Amoritterne blev også boende på Heresbjerget, i Ajjalon og i Sha’albim, men da Efraims og Manasses stammer blev stærkere, gjorde de dem til slaver.36Amoritternes sydlige grænse løber fra Akrabbimpasset til Sela og videre opefter.
1After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” (4.Mos 27,21; Dom 20,18; 1.Sam 22,10; 2.Sam 2,1)2The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”3And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him. (Dom 1,17)4Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek.5They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.6Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.7And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. (3.Mos 24,19; 1.Sam 15,33; Luk 16,21)8And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire. (Josva 15,63)9And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland. (Josva 9,1; Josva 11,2; Josva 11,16; Josva 12,8)10And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. (4.Mos 13,22; Josva 14,15; Josva 15,13; Josva 15,14)11From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.12And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife.”13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife. (Dom 3,9)14When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”15She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.16And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people. (4.Mos 10,29; 4.Mos 21,1; 5.Mos 34,3; Dom 4,11; Dom 4,17; 1.Sam 15,6)17And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city was called Hormah.[1] (4.Mos 21,3; Dom 1,3)18Judah also captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. (Josva 11,22; Dom 3,3)19And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron. (Josva 17,16; Josva 17,18; Dom 1,9; Dom 1,17)20And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it the three sons of Anak. (4.Mos 14,24; 5.Mos 1,36; Josva 14,9; Josva 14,13; Josva 15,13; Dom 1,10)21But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. (Josva 15,63)22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. (Dom 1,19)23And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) (1.Mos 28,19; 1.Mos 35,6; 1.Mos 48,3; Josva 18,13)24And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.” (Josva 2,12; Josva 2,14)25And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.26And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day. (Josva 1,4)
Failure to Complete the Conquest
27Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. (Josva 17,11)28When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.29And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them. (Josva 16,10; 1.Kong 9,16)30Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor. (Josva 19,15; Josva 21,35)31Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon or of Ahlab or of Achzib or of Helbah or of Aphik or of Rehob, (Josva 19,24)32so the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.33Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them. (Josva 19,32)34The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain. (Josva 19,47)35The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor. (Josva 19,42)36And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward. (4.Mos 34,4; Josva 15,3)