Judges 1:27-2:11

New King James Version

Incomplete Conquest of the Land

^27 (A)However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or ^(B)Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of ^(C)Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. ²⁸ And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites ^[a]under tribute, but did not completely drive them out.

^29 (D)Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

³⁰ Nor did ^(E)Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites dwelt among them, and ^[b]were put under tribute.

^31 (F)Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. ³² So the Asherites ^(G)dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

^33 (H)Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put under tribute to them.

³⁴ And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; ³⁵ and the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, ^(I)in Aijalon, and in ^[c]Shaalbim; yet when the strength of the house of Joseph became greater, they ^[d]were put under tribute.

³⁶ Now the boundary of the Amorites was ^(J)from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

Israel’s Disobedience

2 Then the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: ^(K)“I led you up from Egypt and ^(L)brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and ^(M)I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you. ² And ^(N)you shall make no ^[e]covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ^(O)you shall tear down their altars.’ ^(P)But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this? ³ Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be ^(Q)thorns^[f] in your side, and ^(R)their gods shall ^[g]be a ^(S)snare to you.’ ” ⁴ So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

⁵ Then they called the name of that place ^[h]Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord. ⁶ And when ^(T)Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

Death of Joshua^(U)

^7 (V)So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel. ⁸ Now ^(W)Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred and ten years old. ^9 (X)And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at ^(Y)Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. ¹⁰ When all that generation had ^[i]been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who ^(Z)did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

¹¹ Then the children of Israel did ^(AA)evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals;