1 At that time, after the death of Yahoshua, the children of the Kena’anites were still in the land, and the Yisra’ĕlites resolved to drive them out.
2 And the children of Yisra’ĕl asked of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, saying, “Who shall go up first for us to the Kena’anites to fight against them?” And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said, “Yahuḏah shall go up.”
3 And the children of Yahuḏah said to Shim’on, “Go up with us into our lot, and we will fight against the Kena’anites, and we likewise will go up with you, into your lot.” So the children of Shim’on went with the children of Yahuḏah.
4 And the children of Yahuḏah went up and fought against the Kena’anites, so 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 delivered the Kena’anites into the hands of the children of Yahuḏah, and they smote them in Bezeq, ten thousand men.
5 And they fought with Aḏoni-Ḇezeq in Bezeq, and he fled from before them, and they pursued him and caught him, and they took hold of him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
6 And Aḏoni-Ḇezeq said, “Seventy sovereigns having their thumbs and big toes cut off gathered their meat under my table. As I have done, so Elohim has repaid me.” And they brought him to Yerushalayim and he died there.
7 And the children of Shim’on went with the children of Yahuḏah, and they smote the Kena’anites with the edge of the sword.
8 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was with the children of Yahuḏah, and they possessed the mountain. And the children of Yosĕph went up to Bĕyth Ĕl – the same is Luz – and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was with them.
9 And the children of Yosĕph spied out Bĕyth Ĕl, and the watchmen saw a man going out from the city, and they caught him and said to him, “Show us now the entrance of the city and we will show kindness to you.”
10 And the man showed them the entrance of the city, and the children of Yosĕph came and smote the city with the edge of the sword.
11 And they sent away the man with his clan, and he went to the Ḥittites and he built a city, and he called the name of it Luz. So all the Yisra’ĕlites dwelt in their cities, and the children at Yisra’ĕl dwelt in their cities, and the children of Yisra’ĕl served 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 all the days of Yahoshua, and all the days of the elders, who had lengthened their days after Yahoshua, and saw the great work of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, which he had performed for Yisra’ĕl.
12 And the elders judged Yisra’ĕl after the death of Yahoshua for seventeen years.
13 And all the elders also fought the battles of Yisra’ĕl against the Kena’anites and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 drove the Kena’anites from before the children of Yisra’ĕl, in order to place the Yisra’elites in their land.
14 And He accomplished all the words which He had spoken to Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Ya’aqoḇ, and the oath which He had sworn, to give to them and to their children, the land of the Kena’anites.
15 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gave to the children of Yisra’ĕl the whole land of Kena’an, as He had sworn to their ancestors, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gave them rest from those around them, and the children of Yisra’ĕl dwelt safely in their cities.
16 Baruḵ be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 forever! Amĕn, and amĕn!
17 Strengthen yourselves, and let the hearts of all you that trust in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 be of good courage.