Judges 1:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Israel’s Failure to Complete the Conquest of Canaan

1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, ‘Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’ ²The Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.’

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