And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto 75 her, What wouldest thou? Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

15.63. As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 80 the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

16.10. And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto 85 this day, and serve under tribute.

17.11. And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, 90 and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even the three heights. Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but 95 did not utterly drive them out. And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah hath blessed me hitherto ? And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to 100 the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if the hill country Ephraim be too narrow for thee. And the children of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who 105 are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: but the hill country shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt 110 4 See Judges 1.8,21 (pp. 121, 122).

cut it down and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

19.47. And the coast of the children of Dan went out too 115 little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

19.49. When they had made an end of dividing the land for in120 heritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: according to the word of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

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22.7. Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, and he spake unto them, saying, Return with much 130 riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

24.29. And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being an hundred and ten 135 years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

LESSON XXXII

THE SETTLEMENT OF THE TRIBES

JUDGES 1.1 to 2.5

1.1. Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the 5 land into his hand. 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 with him. And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand and

they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And they 10 found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes 15 cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem,

and there he died.

1.8. And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and sinote it with the edge of the sword, and set 20 the city on fire. And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the hill country, and in the south country, and in the lowlands. And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was 1 Kirjath-arba :) and they slew 25 Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: and Caleb said, He that smiteth 2 Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, 30 took it and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give 35 me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

1.16. And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the 40 south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. And Judah the city of Arba. the city of books.

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1.22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el and Jehovah was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the 60 entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the 65 name thereof unto this day. Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in 70 that land. And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

1.29. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

1.30. Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of 75 Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

1.31. Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: but the Asherites 80 dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land for they did not drive them out.

1.33. Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of

3 This is the version of the Septuagint, and accords with the later history. Our Hebrew text gives, "Judah took Gaza," etc.

Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tribu- 85 taries unto them.

1.34. And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim yet the hand of the house of Joseph 90 prevailed, so that they became tributaries. And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up of Akrabbim, from a Sela, and upward.

2.1. And an angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have 95 brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not 100 drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. And they called the name of that place 5 Bochim : 105 and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

LESSON XXXIII

OTHNIEL, EHUD, BARAK

JUDGES 3.7 to 4.24

3.7. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the 1 Ashérahs. Therefore the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim

4 Sela = rock. The place is better known to us by its Greek name Petra. It was the chief town of the Edomites.

5 Bochim the weepers.

1 Ashérahs were like the old English Maypoles. It is disputed whether there was a goddess Ashérah of which they were symbols.