The Scriptures 1998

Judges 1:18-26 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

18. And Yehuḏah captured Azzah and its border, and Ashqelon and its border, and Eqron and its border.

19. And יהוה was with Yehuḏah, so they took possession of the mountains, but they were unable to drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.

20. And they gave Ḥeḇron to Kalĕḇ, as Mosheh had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anaq.

21. However, the children of Binyamin did not drive out the Yeḇusites who inhabited Yerushalayim, so the Yeḇusites have dwelt with the children of Binyamin in Yerushalayim to this day.

22. And the house of Yosĕph also went up against Bĕyth Ěl, and יהוה was with them.

23. And the house of Yosĕph sent men to spy out Bĕyth Ěl – now the name of the city was formerly Luz.

24. And the watchmen saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we shall show you kindness.”

25. So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword. But the man and all his clan they let go,

26. and the man went to the land of the Ḥittites and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.