Judges 1:3-12

³The men of Judah said to their relatives of the tribe of Simeon, “Come with us to the land that has been allotted to us, and fight together with us against the Canaanites. Then we'll do the same for you and your allotted land.” So the tribe of Simeon joined with them.

⁴The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites and Perizzites, and the Lord handed them over in defeat. They killed ten thousand of the enemy at the town of Bezek.

⁵There they confronted Adoni-bezek and fought with him, defeating the Canaanites and Perizzites.

⁶Adoni-bezek ran away, but they chased after him and captured him, and then cut off his thumbs and big toes.

⁷Adoni-bezek said, “I had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off picking up left-overs from under my table. Now God has paid me back in the same way what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem where he died.

⁸The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and conquered it. They killed the inhabitants with the sword and burned the town down.

⁹After this the men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills of the lowlands.

¹⁰They attacked the Canaanites who lived Hebron (previously known as Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹¹From there they went on to attack the people living in Debir (previously known as Kiriath Sepher).

¹²Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to whoever attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”