Darby Translation 1890

Judges 1:15-25 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

15. And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16. And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

17. And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it; and they called the name of the city Hormah.

18. And Judah took Gazah and its border, and Ashkelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.

19. And Jehovah was with Judah; and he took possession of the hill-country, for he did not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20. And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

21. And the children of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.

23. And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.

24. And the guards saw a man come forth out of the city, and said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, how we may enter into the city, and we will shew thee kindness.

25. And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.