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Judges 1:3 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him. "
Judges 1:3
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1 After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”
2 The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3 Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4 Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
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Judges 1:1
"After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”"
Judges 1:2
"The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”"
Judges 1:4
"Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek."
Judges 1:5
"They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites."
Judges 1:6
"But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes."
Judges 1:7
"Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there."
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