New Century Version

Judges 1:7-13 New Century Version (NCV)

7. Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes had been cut off used to eat scraps that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” The men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8. Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They attacked with their swords and burned the city.

9. Later, they went down to fight the Canaanites who lived in the mountains, in the dry country to the south, and in the western hills.

10. The men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites in the city of Hebron (which used to be called Kiriath Arba). And they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11. Then they left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir had been called Kiriath Sepher.)

12. Before attacking the city, Caleb said, “I will give Acsah, my daughter, as a wife to the man who attacks and captures the city of Kiriath Sepher.”

13. Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured the city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.