Judges 1

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Judges 1

1And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ἐπηρώτων οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, λέγοντες, τίς ἀναβήσεται ἡμῖν πρὸς τοὺς Χαναναίους ἀφηγούμενος τοῦ πολεμῆσαι πρὸς αὐτούς;

2And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, Ἰούδας ἀναβήσεται· ἰδοὺ δέδωκα τὴν γῆν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

3And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰούδας τῷ Συμεὼν ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ, ἀνάβηθι μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ μου, καὶ παραταξώμεθα πρὸς τοὺς Χαναναίους, καὶ πορεύσομαι κᾀγὼ μετὰ σοῦ ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ σου· καὶ ἐπορεύθη μετʼ αὐτοῦ Συμεών.

4And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to the number of ten thousand men.Καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰούδας· καὶ παρέδωκε Κύριος τὸν Χαναναῖον καὶ τὸν Φερεζαῖον εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἔκοψαν αὐτοὺς ἐν Βεζὲκ εἰς δέκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν·

5And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.Καὶ κατέλαβον τὸν Ἀδωνιβεζὲκ ἐν τῇ Βεζὲκ, καὶ παρετάξαντο πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ἔκοψαν τὸν Χαναναῖον καὶ Φερεζαῖον.

6And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.Καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἀδωνιβεζέκ· καὶ κατέδραμον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπέκοψαν τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

7And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they * brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀδωνιβεζὲκ, ἑβδομήκοντα βασιλεῖς, τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν ἀποκεκομμένοι, ἦσαν συλλέγοντες τὰ ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης μου· καθὼς οὖν ἐποίησα, οὕτως ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι ὁ Θεός. καὶ ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ.

8And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.Καὶ ἐπολέμουν υἱοὶ Ἰούδα τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ κατελάβοντο αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας, καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρί.

9And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κατέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰούδα πολεμῆσαι πρὸς τὸν Χαναναῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ τὸν Νότον καὶ τὴν πεδινήν.

10And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰούδας πρὸς τὸν Χαναναῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Χεβρών· καὶ ἐξῆλθε Χεβρὼν ἐξ ἐναντίας· καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἦν Χεβρὼν τὸ πρότερον Καριαθαρβοκσεφέρ· καὶ ἐπάτάξαν τὸν Σεσσὶ καὶ Ἀχιμὰν καὶ Θολμὶ γεννήματα τοῦ Ἐνάκ.

11And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.Καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δαβίρ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς Δαβὶρ ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Καριαθσεφὲρ, πόλις Γραμμάτων.

12And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.Καὶ εἶπε Χάλεβ, ὃς ἂν πατάξῃ τὴν πόλιν τῶν Γραμμάτων καὶ προκαταλάβηται αὐτὴν, δώσω αὐτῷ τὴν Ἀσχὰ θυγατέρα μου εἰς γυναῖκα.

13And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.Καὶ προκατελάβετο αὐτὴν Γοθονιὴλ υἱὸς Κενὲζ ἀδελφοῦ Χάλεβ ὁ νεώτερος· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Χάλεβ τὴν Ἀσχὰ θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰς γυναῖκα.

14And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, † What is your request?Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ εἰσόδῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπέσεισεν αὐτὴν Γοθονιὴλ τοῦ αἰτῆσαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἀγρόν· καὶ ἐγόγγυζε καὶ ἔκραζεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑποζυγίου, εἰς γῆν Νότου ἐκδέδοσαί με· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Χάλεβ, τί ἐστί σοι;

15And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper springs and the ransom of the low springs.Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀσχὰ, δὸς δή μοι εὐλογίαν, ὅτι εἰς γῆν Νότου ἐκδέδοσαί με, καὶ δώσεις μοι λύτρωσιν ὕδατος· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ Χάλεβ κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς λύτρωσιν μετεώρων καὶ λύτρωσιν ταπεινῶν.

16And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.Καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰοθὸρ τοῦ Κιναίου τοῦ γαμβροῦ Μωυσῆ ἀνέβησαν ἐκ πόλεως τῶν φοινίκων μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰούδα εἰς τὴν ἔρημον τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τῷ Νότῳ Ἰούδα, ἥ ἐστιν ἐπὶ καταβάσεως Ἀρὰδ, καὶ κατῴκησαν μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ.

17And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰούδας μετὰ Συμεὼν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔκοψε τὸν Χαναναῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα Σεφὲθ, καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσαν αὐτους· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως, Ἀνάθεμα.

18But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, nor Azotus nor the lands around it.Καὶ οὐκ ἐκληρονόμησεν Ἰούδας τὴν Γάζαν οὐδὲ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τὴν Ἀσκάλωνα οὐδὲ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν Ἀκκαρὼν οὐδὲ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς, τὴν Ἄζωτον οὐδὲ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς.

19And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for ‡ Rechab prevented them.Καὶ ἦν Κύριος μετὰ Ἰούδα· καὶ ἐκληρονόμησε τὸ ὄρος, ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνάσθησαν ἐξολοθρεῦσαι τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν κοιλάδα, ὅτι Ῥηχὰβ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς.

20And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.Καὶ ἔδωκαν τῷ Χάλεβ τὴν Χεβρὼν, καθὼς ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆς· καὶ ἐκληρονόμησεν ἐκεῖθεν τὰς τρεῖς πόλεις τῶν υἱῶν Ἐνάκ.

21But the children of Benjamin did not § take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.Καὶ τὸν Ἰεβουσαῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οὐκ ἐκληρονόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμίν· καὶ κατῴκησεν ὁ Ἰεβουσαῖος μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

22And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰωσὴφ καί γε αὐτοὶ εἰς Βαιθήλ· καὶ Κύριος ἦν μετʼ αὐτῶν.

23And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.Καὶ παρενέβαλον, καὶ κατεσκέψαντο Βαιθήλ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Λουζά.

24And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.Καὶ εἶδον οἱ φυλάσσοντες, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐξεπορεύετο ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτόν· καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὴν εἴσοδον, καὶ ποιήσομεν μετὰ σου ἔλεος.

25And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.Καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὴν εἴσοδον τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας· τὸν δὲ ἄνδρα καὶ τὴν συγγένειαν αὐτοῦ ἐξαπέστειλαν.

26And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this is its name until this day.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἀνὴρ εἰς γῆν Χεττίν· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ πόλιν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Λουζά· τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

27And Manasse did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her ** towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.Καὶ οὐκ ἐξῇρε Μανασσῆ τὴν Βαιθσὰν, ἥ ἐστι Σκυθῶν πόλις, οὐδὲ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς οὐδὲ τὰ περίοικα αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τὴν Θανὰκ οὐδὲ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δὼρ οὐδὲ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τὸν κατοικοῦντα Βαλὰκ οὐδὲ τὰ περίοικα αὐτῆς οὐδὲ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Μαγεδὼ οὐδὲ τὰ περίοικα αὐτῆς καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰεβλαὰμ οὐδὲ τὰ περίοικα αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς· καὶ ἤρξατο ὁ Χαναναῖος κατοικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ.

28And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐνίσχυσεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸν Χαναναῖον εἰς φόρον, καὶ ἐξαίρων οὐκ ἐξῇρεν αὐτόν.

29And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.Καὶ Ἐφραὶμ οὐκ ἐξῇρε τὸν Χαναναῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Γαζέρ· καὶ κατῴκησεν ὁ Χαναναῖος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν Γαζὲρ, καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς φόρον.

30And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them. ††Καὶ Ζαβουλὼν οὐκ ἐξῇρε τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Κέδρων, οὐδὲ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δωμανά· καὶ κατῴκησεν ὁ Χαναναῖος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ εἰς φόρον. Καὶ Ἀσὴρ οὐκ ἐξῇρε τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δωμανά· καὶ κατῴκησεν ὁ Χαναναῖος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ εἰς φόρον.

31And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and that people became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.Καὶ Ἀσὴρ οὐκ ἐξῇρε τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἀκχὼ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ εἰς φόρον, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δὼρ, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Σιδῶνα, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δαλὰφ, τὸν Ἀσχαζὶ, καὶ τὸν Χεβδὰ, καὶ τὸν Ναῒ, καὶ τὸν Ἐρεώ.

32And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.Καὶ κατῴκησεν ὁ Ἀσὴρ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Χαναναίου τοῦ κατοικοῦντος τὴν γῆν, ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθη ἐξάραι αὐτόν.

33And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.Καὶ Νεφθαλὶ οὐκ ἐξῇρε τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Βαιθσαμῦς, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Βαιθανάχ· καὶ κατῴκησε Νεφθαλὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Χαναναίου τοῦ κατοικοῦντος τὴν γῆν· οἱ δὲ κατοικοῦντες Βαιθσαμὺς καὶ τὴν Βαιθενὲθ, ἐγένοντο αὐτοῖς εἰς φόρον.

34And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.Καὶ ἐξέθλιψεν ὁ Ἀμοῤῥαῖος τοὺς υἱοὺς Δὰν εἰς τὸ ὄρος, ὅτι οὐκ ἀφῆκαν αὐτὸν καταβῆναι εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα.

35And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which are bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.Καὶ ἤρξατο ὁ Ἀμοῤῥαῖος κατοικεῖν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ ὀστρακώδει, ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἅρκτοι καὶ ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἀλώπεκες, ἐν τῷ Μυρσινῶνι, καὶ ἐν Θαλαβίν, καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ἡ χεὶρ οἴκου Ἰωσὴφ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀμοῤῥαῖον, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς εἰς φόρον.

36And the border of the Amorite was from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.Καὶ τὸ ὅριον τοῦ Ἀμοῤῥαίου ἀπὸ τῆς ἀναβάσεως Ἀκραβὶν ἀπὸ τῆς πέτρας καὶ ἐπάνω.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 7*Gr. bring.
• v. 14†Or, what ails you?
• v. 19‡Heb. they had chariots of iron.
• v. 21§Gr. inherit.
• v. 27**Gr. daughters.
• v. 30††Gr. him, sc. Zabulon.

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