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Judges 1:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. "
Judges 1:20
Verse in Context
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Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD
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Judges 1:1
"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"
Judges 1:2
"And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
Judges 1:3
"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 went"
Judges 1:4
"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."
Judges 1:5
"And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."
Judges 1:6
"But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes."
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