Judges 1:1-8

Judges 1:1-8

[1] Now after  the death  of Joshua  it came to pass, that the children  of Israel  asked  the LORD,  saying,  Who shall go up  for us against the Canaanites  first,  to fight  against them? [2] And the LORD  said,  Judah  shall go up:  behold, I have delivered  the land  into his hand.  [3] And Judah  said  unto Simeon  his brother,  Come up  with me into my lot,  that we may fight  against the Canaanites;  and I likewise will go  with thee into thy lot.  So Simeon  [4] And Judah  went up;  and the LORD  delivered  the Canaanites  and the Perizzites  into their hand:  and they slew  of them in Bezek  ten  thousand  men.  [5] And they found  Adonibezek  in Bezek:  and they fought  against him, and they slew  the Canaanites  and the Perizzites.  [6] But Adonibezek  fled;  and they pursued  after  him, and caught  him, and cut off  his thumbs  and his great toes.  [7] And Adonibezek  said,  Threescore and ten  kings,  having their thumbs  and their great toes  cut off,  gathered  their meat under my table:  as I have done,  so God  hath requited  me. And they brought  him to Jerusalem,  and there he died.  [8] Now the children  of Judah  had fought  against Jerusalem,  and had taken  it, and smitten  it with the edge  of the sword,  and set  the city  on fire.