7. He said, "Seventy kings with severed thumbs and big toes used to pick up scraps under my table, so God has paid me back exactly for what I did." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
8. The people of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They killed its people with their swords and set the city on fire.
9. Afterward, the people of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the highlands, the southern plain, and the western foothills.
10. Judah moved against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron, known before as Kiriath-arba, and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11. From there they moved against those who lived in Debir, known before as Kiriath-sepher.
12. Caleb said, "I’ll give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who defeats and captures Kiriath-sepher."
13. Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
14. When she arrived, she convinced Othniel to ask her father for a certain piece of land. As she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
15. Achsah said to Caleb, "Give me a gift. Since you’ve given me land in the southern plain, give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
16. The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law the Kenite went up with the people of Judah from Palm City into the Judean desert, which was in the southern plain near Arad. They went and lived with the Amalekites.
17. Then the Judahites went with the Simeonites, their brothers, and they defeated the Canaanites who lived in Zephath, and they completely destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah.
18. Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and all their territories.
19. Thus the Lord was with the tribe of Judah, and they took possession of the highlands. However, they didn’t drive out those who lived in the plain because they had iron chariots.
20. They gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had commanded, and they drove out from there the three sons of Anak.