Judges 1:1-2

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Judah Fights the Canaanites

1 After Joshua died, the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] asked the ·Lord [or Yahweh; ^Cthe translation “Lord” (all caps) represents the divine name YHWH, usually pronounced “Yahweh”], “Who will ·be first to go and [lead the] fight for us against the Canaanites?”

² The Lord said to them, “·The tribe of Judah [^LJudah] will go. [^LLook; ^TBehold] I have ·handed the land over to them [^Lgiven the land into his hand].”