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Judges 1:3-14 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

3. And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, and let us fight against the Canaanites, and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot; and Simeon went with him.

4. And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.

5. And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6. And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7. And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

8. And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9. And afterwards the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the south, and in the lowland.

10. And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron--the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

11. And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

12. And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

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

14. And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father the field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?

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