Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into [a]the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and [b]I in turn will go with you into [c]the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him. Judah went up, and (A)the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they [d]defeated ten thousand men at Bezek. They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they [e]defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:3 Lit my lot
  2. Judges 1:3 Lit I, even I
  3. Judges 1:3 Lit your lot
  4. Judges 1:4 Lit smote them
  5. Judges 1:5 Lit smote

The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, “Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours.” So the Simeonites(A) went with them.

When Judah attacked, the Lord gave the Canaanites and Perizzites(B) into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.(C) It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek(D) and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

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