Judges

How Judges begins

The first verses of Judges 1 in the King James Version.

1. Judg 1:1

   Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

2. Judg 1:2

   And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3. Judg 1:3

   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.

4. Judg 1:4

   And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

5. Judg 1:5

   And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Judges is book 7 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 21 chapters and 618 verses in the public-domain text.