¹Post mortem Josue,After the death of Joshua,consuluerunt filii Israël Dominum,the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying,dicentes: Quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananæum,“Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite,et erit dux belli?and who will be the commander of the war?”

¹Post mortem Josue,After the death of Joshua,consuluerunt filii Israël Dominum,the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying,dicentes: Quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananæum,“Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite,et erit dux belli?and who will be the commander of the war?”

²Dixitque Dominus:And the Lord said:Judas ascendet:“Judah shall ascend.ecce tradidi terram in manus ejus.Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”

²Dixitque Dominus:And the Lord said:Judas ascendet:“Judah shall ascend.ecce tradidi terram in manus ejus.Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”

³Et ait Judas Simeoni fratri suo:And Judah said to his brother Simeon,Ascende mecum in sortem meam,“Go up with me to my lot,et pugna contra Chananæum,and fight against the Canaanite,ut et ego pergam tecum in sortem tuam.so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.”Et abiit cum eo Simeon.And Simeon went with him.

³Et ait Judas Simeoni fratri suo:And Judah said to his brother Simeon,Ascende mecum in sortem meam,“Go up with me to my lot,et pugna contra Chananæum,and fight against the Canaanite,ut et ego pergam tecum in sortem tuam.so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.”Et abiit cum eo Simeon.And Simeon went with him.

⁴Ascenditque Judas,And Judah went up,et tradidit Dominus Chananæum ac Pherezæum in manus eorum:and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands.et percusserunt in Bezec decem millia virorum.And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.

⁴Ascenditque Judas,And Judah went up,et tradidit Dominus Chananæum ac Pherezæum in manus eorum:and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands.et percusserunt in Bezec decem millia virorum.And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.

⁵Inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec,And they found Adonibezek at Bezek,et pugnaverunt contra eum,and they fought against him,ac percusserunt Chananæum et Pherezæum.and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

⁵Inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec,And they found Adonibezek at Bezek,et pugnaverunt contra eum,and they fought against him,ac percusserunt Chananæum et Pherezæum.and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

⁶Fugit autem Adonibezec:Then Adonibezek fled.quem persecuti comprehenderunt,And they pursued him and captured him,cæsis summitatibus manuum ejus ac pedum.and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.

⁶Fugit autem Adonibezec:Then Adonibezek fled.quem persecuti comprehenderunt,And they pursued him and captured him,cæsis summitatibus manuum ejus ac pedum.and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.

⁷Dixitque Adonibezec:And Adonibezek said:Septuaginta reges amputatis manuum ac pedum summitatibus colligebant sub mensa mea ciborum reliquias:“Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table.sicut feci, ita reddidit mihi Deus.Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.”Adduxeruntque eum in Jerusalem,And they brought him to Jerusalem,et ibi mortuus est.and he died there.

⁷Dixitque Adonibezec:And Adonibezek said:Septuaginta reges amputatis manuum ac pedum summitatibus colligebant sub mensa mea ciborum reliquias:“Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table.sicut feci, ita reddidit mihi Deus.Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.”Adduxeruntque eum in Jerusalem,And they brought him to Jerusalem,et ibi mortuus est.and he died there.

⁸Oppugnantes ergo filii Juda Jerusalem,Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem,ceperunt eam, et percusserunt in ore gladii,seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword,tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem.delivering the entire city to be burned.

⁸Oppugnantes ergo filii Juda Jerusalem,Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem,ceperunt eam, et percusserunt in ore gladii,seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword,tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem.delivering the entire city to be burned.

⁹Et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananæum,And afterward, descending,qui habitabat in montanis,they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains,et ad meridiem,and in the south,et in campestribus.and in the plains.

⁹Et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananæum,And afterward, descending,qui habitabat in montanis,they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains,et ad meridiem,and in the south,et in campestribus.and in the plains.

¹⁰Pergensque Judas contra Chananæum,And Judah,qui habitabat in Hebron (cujus nomen fuit antiquitus Cariath Arbe),going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron,percussit Sesai,(the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai,et Ahiman,and Ahiman,et Tholmai:and Talmai.

¹⁰Pergensque Judas contra Chananæum,And Judah,qui habitabat in Hebron (cujus nomen fuit antiquitus Cariath Arbe),going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron,percussit Sesai,(the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai,et Ahiman,and Ahiman,et Tholmai:and Talmai.

¹¹atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir,And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir,cujus nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher,the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher,id est,that is,civitas litterarum.the City of Letters.

¹¹atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir,And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir,cujus nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher,the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher,id est,that is,civitas litterarum.the City of Letters.

¹²Dixitque Caleb:And Caleb said,Qui percusserit Cariath Sepher,“Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher,et vastaverit eam,and will lay waste to it,dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem.I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”

¹²Dixitque Caleb:And Caleb said,Qui percusserit Cariath Sepher,“Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher,et vastaverit eam,and will lay waste to it,dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem.I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”

¹³Cumque cepisset eam Othoniel filius Cenez frater Caleb minor,And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb,dedit ei Axam filiam suam conjugem.had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.

¹³Cumque cepisset eam Othoniel filius Cenez frater Caleb minor,And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb,dedit ei Axam filiam suam conjugem.had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.

¹⁴Quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus ut peteret a patre suo agrum.And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father.Quæ cum suspirasset sedens in asino,And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey,dixit ei Caleb:Caleb said to her,Quid habes?“What is it?”

¹⁴Quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus ut peteret a patre suo agrum.And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father.Quæ cum suspirasset sedens in asino,And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey,dixit ei Caleb:Caleb said to her,Quid habes?“What is it?”

¹⁵At illa respondit:But she responded:Da mihi benedictionem,“Give a blessing to me.quia terram arentem dedisti mihi:For you have given me a dry land.da et irriguam aquis.Also give a watered land.”Dedit ergo ei Caleb irriguum superius,Therefore,et irriguum inferius.Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.

¹⁵At illa respondit:But she responded:Da mihi benedictionem,“Give a blessing to me.quia terram arentem dedisti mihi:For you have given me a dry land.da et irriguam aquis.Also give a watered land.”Dedit ergo ei Caleb irriguum superius,Therefore,et irriguum inferius.Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.

¹⁶Filii autem Cinæi cognati Moysi ascenderunt de civitate palmarum cum filiis Juda,Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms,in desertum sortis ejus,with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot,quod est ad meridiem Arad,which is toward the south of Arad.et habitaverunt cum eo.And they lived with him.

¹⁶Filii autem Cinæi cognati Moysi ascenderunt de civitate palmarum cum filiis Juda,Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms,in desertum sortis ejus,with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot,quod est ad meridiem Arad,which is toward the south of Arad.et habitaverunt cum eo.And they lived with him.

¹⁷Abiit autem Judas cum Simeone fratre suo,Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon,et percusserunt simul Chananæum qui habitabat in Sephaath,and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath,et interfecerunt eum.and they put them to death.Vocatumque est nomen urbis, Horma,And the name of the city was called Hormah,id est,that is,anathema.Anathema.

¹⁷Abiit autem Judas cum Simeone fratre suo,Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon,et percusserunt simul Chananæum qui habitabat in Sephaath,and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath,et interfecerunt eum.and they put them to death.Vocatumque est nomen urbis, Horma,And the name of the city was called Hormah,id est,that is,anathema.Anathema.

¹⁸Cepitque Judas Gazam cum finibus suis,And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts,et Ascalonem, atque Accaron cum terminis suis.and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.

¹⁸Cepitque Judas Gazam cum finibus suis,And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts,et Ascalonem, atque Accaron cum terminis suis.and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.

¹⁹Fuitque Dominus cum Juda,And the Lord was with Judah,et montana possedit:and he possessed the mountains.nec potuit delere habitatores vallis,But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley.quia falcatis curribus abundabant.For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.

¹⁹Fuitque Dominus cum Juda,And the Lord was with Judah,et montana possedit:and he possessed the mountains.nec potuit delere habitatores vallis,But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley.quia falcatis curribus abundabant.For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.

²⁰Dederuntque Caleb Hebron,And just as Moses had said,sicut dixerat Moyses,they gave Hebron to Caleb,qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enac.who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.

²⁰Dederuntque Caleb Hebron,And just as Moses had said,sicut dixerat Moyses,they gave Hebron to Caleb,qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enac.who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.

²¹Jebusæum autem habitatorem Jerusalem non deleverunt filii Benjamin:But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem.habitavitque Jebusæus cum filiis Benjamin in Jerusalem,And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem,usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

²¹Jebusæum autem habitatorem Jerusalem non deleverunt filii Benjamin:But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem.habitavitque Jebusæus cum filiis Benjamin in Jerusalem,And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem,usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

²²Domus quoque Joseph ascendit in Bethel,The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel,fuitque Dominus cum eis.and the Lord was with them.

²²Domus quoque Joseph ascendit in Bethel,The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel,fuitque Dominus cum eis.and the Lord was with them.

²³Nam cum obsiderent urbem,For when they were besieging the city,quæ prius Luza vocabatur,which was previously called Luz,

²³Nam cum obsiderent urbem,For when they were besieging the city,quæ prius Luza vocabatur,which was previously called Luz,

²⁴viderunt hominem egredientem de civitate,they saw a man departing from the city,dixeruntque ad eum:and they said to him,Ostende nobis introitum civitatis,“Reveal to us the entrance to the city,et faciemus tecum misericordiam.and we will act with mercy toward you.”

²⁴viderunt hominem egredientem de civitate,they saw a man departing from the city,dixeruntque ad eum:and they said to him,Ostende nobis introitum civitatis,“Reveal to us the entrance to the city,et faciemus tecum misericordiam.and we will act with mercy toward you.”

²⁵Qui cum ostendisset eis,And when he had revealed it to them,percusserunt urbem in ore gladii:they struck the city with the edge of the sword.hominem autem illum,But that man,et omnem cognationem ejus,and all his relatives,dimiserunt.they released.

²⁵Qui cum ostendisset eis,And when he had revealed it to them,percusserunt urbem in ore gladii:they struck the city with the edge of the sword.hominem autem illum,But that man,et omnem cognationem ejus,and all his relatives,dimiserunt.they released.

²⁶Qui dimissus,And having been sent away,abiit in terram Hetthim, et ædificavit ibi civitatem,he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there,vocavitque eam Luzam:and he called it Luz.quæ ita appellatur usque in præsentem diem.And so it is called, even to the present day.

²⁶Qui dimissus,And having been sent away,abiit in terram Hetthim, et ædificavit ibi civitatem,he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there,vocavitque eam Luzam:and he called it Luz.quæ ita appellatur usque in præsentem diem.And so it is called, even to the present day.

²⁷Manasses quoque non delevit Bethsan,Likewise,et Thanac cum viculis suis,Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach,et habitatores Dor,with their villages,et Jeblaam,nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo,et Mageddo cum viculis suis,with their villages.cœpitque Chananæus habitare cum eis.And the Canaanite began to live with them.

²⁷Manasses quoque non delevit Bethsan,Likewise,et Thanac cum viculis suis,Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach,et habitatores Dor,with their villages,et Jeblaam,nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo,et Mageddo cum viculis suis,with their villages.cœpitque Chananæus habitare cum eis.And the Canaanite began to live with them.

²⁸Postquam autem confortatus est Israël,Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries,fecit eos tributarios, et delere noluit.but he was not willing to destroy them.

²⁸Postquam autem confortatus est Israël,Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries,fecit eos tributarios, et delere noluit.but he was not willing to destroy them.

²⁹Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananæum,And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite,qui habitabat in Gazer,who was living at Gezer;sed habitavit cum eo.instead, he lived with him.

²⁹Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananæum,And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite,qui habitabat in Gazer,who was living at Gezer;sed habitavit cum eo.instead, he lived with him.

³⁰Zabulon non delevit habitatores Cetron, et Naalol:Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal.sed habitavit Chananæus in medio ejus, factusque est ei tributarius.Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.

³⁰Zabulon non delevit habitatores Cetron, et Naalol:Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal.sed habitavit Chananæus in medio ejus, factusque est ei tributarius.Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.

³¹Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Accho, et Sidonis,Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon,Ahalab, et Achazib,Ahlab and Achzib,et Helba,and Helbah,et Aphec,and Aphik,et Rohob:and Rehob.

³¹Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Accho, et Sidonis,Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon,Ahalab, et Achazib,Ahlab and Achzib,et Helba,and Helbah,et Aphec,and Aphik,et Rohob:and Rehob.

³²habitavitque in medio Chananæi habitatoris illius terræ,And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land,nec interfecit eum.for he did not put them to death.

³²habitavitque in medio Chananæi habitatoris illius terræ,And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land,nec interfecit eum.for he did not put them to death.

³³Nephthali quoque non delevit habitatores Bethsames, et Bethanath:Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath.et habitavit inter Chananæum habitatorem terræ,And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land.fueruntque ei Bethsamitæ et Bethanitæ tributarii.And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.

³³Nephthali quoque non delevit habitatores Bethsames, et Bethanath:Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath.et habitavit inter Chananæum habitatorem terræ,And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land.fueruntque ei Bethsamitæ et Bethanitæ tributarii.And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.

³⁴Arctavitque Amorrhæus filios Dan in monte,And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain,nec dedit eis locum ut ad planiora descenderent:and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.

³⁴Arctavitque Amorrhæus filios Dan in monte,And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain,nec dedit eis locum ut ad planiora descenderent:and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.

³⁵habitavitque in monte Hares,And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres,quod interpretatur testaceo,which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’in Ajalon et Salebim.and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin.Et aggravata est manus domus Joseph,But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy,factusque est ei tributarius.and he became a tributary to him.

³⁵habitavitque in monte Hares,And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres,quod interpretatur testaceo,which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’in Ajalon et Salebim.and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin.Et aggravata est manus domus Joseph,But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy,factusque est ei tributarius.and he became a tributary to him.

³⁶Fuit autem terminus Amorrhæi ab ascensu Scorpionis,Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion,petra,to the Rocket superiora loca.and the higher places.

³⁶Fuit autem terminus Amorrhæi ab ascensu Scorpionis,Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion,petra,to the Rocket superiora loca.and the higher places.