1Depois da morte de Josué, os israelitas perguntaram ao SENHOR: “Quem de nós será o primeiro a atacar os cananeus?”2O SENHOR respondeu: “Judá será o primeiro; eu entreguei a terra em suas mãos”.3Então os homens de Judá disseram aos seus irmãos de Simeão: “Venham conosco ao território que nos foi designado por sorteio, e lutemos contra os cananeus. Iremos juntos para o território”. E os homens de Simeão foram com eles.4Quando os homens de Judá atacaram, o SENHOR entregou os cananeus e os ferezeus nas mãos deles, e eles mataram dez mil homens em Bezeque.5Foi lá que encontraram Adoni-Bezeque, lutaram contra ele e derrotaram os cananeus e os ferezeus.6Adoni-Bezeque fugiu, mas eles o perseguiram e o prenderam, e lhe cortaram os polegares das mãos e dos pés.7Então Adoni-Bezeque disse: “Setenta reis com os polegares das mãos e dos pés cortados apanhavam migalhas debaixo da minha mesa. Agora Deus me retribuiu aquilo que lhes fiz”. Eles o levaram para Jerusalém, onde morreu.8Os homens de Judá atacaram também Jerusalém e a conquistaram. Mataram seus habitantes ao fio da espada e a incendiaram.9Depois disso eles desceram para lutar contra os cananeus que viviam na serra, no Neguebe e na Sefelá[1].10Avançaram contra os cananeus que viviam em Hebrom, anteriormente chamada Quiriate-Arba, e derrotaram Sesai, Aimã e Talmai.11Dali avançaram contra o povo que morava em Debir, anteriormente chamada Quiriate-Sefer.12E disse Calebe: “Darei minha filha Acsa em casamento ao homem que atacar e conquistar Quiriate-Sefer”.13Otoniel, filho de Quenaz, irmão mais novo de Calebe, conquistou a cidade; por isso Calebe lhe deu sua filha Acsa por mulher.14Um dia, quando já vivia com Otoniel, ela o persuadiu[2] a pedir um campo ao pai dela. Assim que ela desceu do jumento, Calebe lhe perguntou: “O que você quer?”15Ela respondeu: “Dê-me um presente. Já que o senhor me deu terras no Neguebe, dê-me também fontes de água”. E Calebe lhe deu as fontes superiores e as inferiores.16Os descendentes do sogro de Moisés, o queneu, saíram da Cidade das Palmeiras[3] com os homens de Judá e passaram a viver no meio do povo do deserto de Judá, no Neguebe, perto de Arade.17Depois os homens de Judá foram com seus irmãos de Simeão e derrotaram os cananeus que viviam em Zefate e destruíram totalmente a cidade. Por essa razão ela foi chamada Hormá[4].18Os homens de Judá também conquistaram[5] Gaza, Ascalom e Ecrom, com os seus territórios.19O SENHOR estava com os homens de Judá. Eles ocuparam a serra central, mas não conseguiram expulsar os habitantes dos vales, pois estes possuíam carros de guerra feitos de ferro.20Conforme Moisés havia prometido, Hebrom foi dada a Calebe, que expulsou de lá os três filhos de Enaque.21Já os benjamitas deixaram de expulsar os jebuseus que estavam morando em Jerusalém. Os jebuseus vivem ali com os benjamitas até o dia de hoje.22Os homens das tribos de José, por sua vez, atacaram Betel, e o SENHOR estava com eles.23Enviaram espias a Betel, anteriormente chamada Luz.24Quando os espias viram um homem saindo da cidade, disseram-lhe: “Mostre-nos como entrar na cidade, e nós pouparemos a sua vida”.25Ele mostrou como entrar, e eles mataram os habitantes da cidade ao fio da espada, mas pouparam o homem e toda a sua família.26Ele foi, então, para a terra dos hititas, onde fundou uma cidade e lhe deu o nome de Luz, que é o seu nome até o dia de hoje.27Manassés, porém, não expulsou o povo de Bete-Seã, o de Taanaque, o de Dor, o de Ibleã, o de Megido, nem tampouco o dos povoados ao redor dessas cidades, pois os cananeus estavam decididos a permanecer naquela terra.28Quando Israel se tornou forte, impôs trabalhos forçados aos cananeus, mas não os expulsou completamente.29Efraim também não expulsou os cananeus que viviam em Gezer, mas os cananeus continuaram a viver entre eles.30Nem Zebulom expulsou os cananeus que viviam em Quitrom e em Naalol, mas estes permaneceram entre eles e foram submetidos a trabalhos forçados.31Nem Aser expulsou os que viviam em Aco, Sidom, Alabe, Aczibe, Helba, Afeque e Reobe,32e, por esse motivo, o povo de Aser vivia entre os cananeus que habitavam naquela terra.33Nem Naftali expulsou os que viviam em Bete-Semes e em Bete-Anate; mas o povo de Naftali também vivia entre os cananeus que habitavam a terra, e aqueles que viviam em Bete-Semes e em Bete-Anate passaram a fazer trabalhos forçados para eles.34Os amorreus confinaram a tribo de Dã à serra central, não permitindo que descessem ao vale.35E os amorreus igualmente estavam decididos a resistir no monte Heres, em Aijalom e em Saalbim, mas, quando as tribos de José ficaram mais poderosas, eles também foram submetidos a trabalhos forçados.36A fronteira dos amorreus ia da subida de Acrabim[6] até Selá, e mais adiante.
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?” (Nm 27:21; Jz 20:18; 1 Sm 22:10; 2 Sm 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. (Jz 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. (Lv 24:19; 1 Sm 15:33; Lc 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. (Js 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. (Js 9:1; Js 11:2; Js 11:16; Js 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. (Nm 13:22; Js 14:15; Js 15:13; Js 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. (Jz 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. (Nm 10:29; Nm 21:1; Dt 34:3; Jz 4:11; Jz 4:17; 1 Sm 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] (Nm 21:3; Jz 1:3)18Judah also captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. (Js 11:22; Jz 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. (Js 17:16; Js 17:18; Jz 1:9; Jz 1:17)20And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it the three sons of Anak. (Nm 14:24; Dt 1:36; Js 14:9; Js 14:13; Js 15:13; Jz 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. (Js 15:63)22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. (Jz 1:19)23And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) (Gn 28:19; Gn 35:6; Gn 48:3; Js 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.” (Js 2:12; Js 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. (Js 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. (Js 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. (Js 16:10; 1 Rs 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. (Js 19:15; Js 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, (Js 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. (Js 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. (Js 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. (Js 19:42)36And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward. (Nm 34:4; Js 15:3)