Judges 1:1

THE BOOK OF JUDGES

-Year before the common year of Christ, 1443.

-Julian Period, 3271.

-Year from the Flood, 904.

-Year before the first Olympiad, 667.

-Creation from Tisri, or September, 2561.

CHAPTER I

After the death of Joshua the Israelites purpose to attack the

remaining Canaanites; and the tribe of Judah is directed to go

up first, 1, 2.

Judah and Simeon unite, attack the Canaanites and Perrizites,

kill ten thousand of them, take Adoni-bezek prisoner, cut off

his thumbs and great toes, and bring him to Jerusalem, where

he dies, 3-7.

Jerusalem conquered, 8.

A new war with the Canaanites under the direction of Caleb,

9-11.

Kirjath-sepher taken by Othniel, on which he receives, as a

reward, Achsah, the daughter of Caleb and with her a south

land with springs of water, 12-15.

The Kenites dwell among the people, 16.

Judah and Simeon destroy the Canaanites in Zephath, Gaza, c.,

17-19.

Hebron is given to Caleb, 20.

Of the Benjamites, house of Joseph, tribe of Manasseh, c.,

21-27.

The Israelites put the Canaanites to tribute, 28.

Of the tribes of Ephraim, Zebulun, Asher, and Naphtali, 29-33.

The Amorites force the children of Dan into the mountains,

34-36.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Judges 1:1. Now after the death of Joshua] How long after the death of Joshua this happened we cannot tell it is probable that it was not long. The enemies of the Israelites, finding their champion dead, would naturally avail themselves of their unsettled state, and make incursions on the country.

Who shall go up] Joshua had left no successor, and every thing relative to the movements of this people must be determined either by caprice, or an especial direction of the Lord.