2. The Lord answered, “The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land.”
3. The people of Judah said to the people of Simeon, “Go with us into the territory assigned to us, and we will fight the Canaanites together. Then we will go with you into the territory assigned to you.” So the tribes of Simeon
4. and Judah went into battle together. The Lord gave them victory over the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and they defeated 10,000 men at Bezek.
5. They found Adonibezek there and fought against him.
6. He ran away, but they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
22-23. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The Lord helped them. They sent spies to the city,