1. After the death of Joshua the Israelites consulted the Lord, asking, “Who shall be first among us to attack the Canaanites and to do battle with them?”
2. The Lord answered: Judah shall attack: I have delivered the land into his power.
3. Judah then said to his brother Simeon, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, and let us do battle with the Canaanites. I will likewise go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him.
4. When Judah attacked, the Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their power, and they struck down ten thousand of them in Bezek.
5. They came upon Adonibezek in Bezek and fought against him. When they struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites,