Jubilee Bible

Judges 1:13-23 Jubilee Bible (JUB)

13. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

14. And it came to pass when he took her that he persuaded her to ask her father for land to cultivate. And she lighted from off her ass, and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

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

16. And the sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah which is towards the Negev of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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

18. Also Judah took Gaza with its border and Askelon with its border and Ekron with its border.

19. And the Lord was with Judah, who drove out the inhabitants of the mountains, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains, because they had chariots of iron.

20. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses had said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

21. And the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; thus the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

22. And also those of the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

23. And those of the house of Joseph put spies in Bethel (Now the name of the city before was Luz).