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Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges

Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges (Wiki Article • History & Monarchy): After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz . It is closely linked with Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters): Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "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 Canaan ..."

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Othniel (Generation 27 • Child of Kenaz ): ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) Othniel judged Israel 40 years: 1409-1369 BCE ( Judges 3:11 ). (mentioned in Joshua 15 , Judges 1 , Judges 3 ) Caleb (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh ): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah . (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 38 , Numbers 13 ) Kenaz (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh): Kenaz is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Jephunneh, parent of Othniel, Seraiah . ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) (mentioned in Joshua 15 , Judges 3 ) Ehud (Generation 32 • Child of Gera ): ( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ). (mentioned in Judges 3 , Judges 4 , 1 Chronicles 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Canaanite Storage Jar (Amphora) — Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water. First Temple Period Jerusalem Scale Model — Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Judges 1:5 : "And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek : and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."; Judges 1:28 : "And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out."; Judges 1:29 : "Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.". Related canonical books and chapters: Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters), Judges 3 ( Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)), Judges 1 (Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

Judges
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "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 Canaan ..."

Interactive 3D Ceramic Vessel • Judges 7:16 & 1 Kings 17:12

Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water.

Judges 3
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Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, fiv... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Baal , Moses , Othniel , Lebanon , Hamath , Mesopotamia .

Judges 1
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Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)

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? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .

Judges 2
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Judges • Chapter 2 (23 verses)

And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim , and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt , and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this la... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Ephraim , Baal , Gilgal 1 , Bochim , Egypt , Gaash .

Judges 4
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Judges • Chapter 4 (24 verses)

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan , that reigned in Hazor ; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ehud , Canaan , Ephraim , Naphtali , Hazor 1 , Ramah 1 , Kedesh 1 .

Judges 18
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Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)

In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .

Judges 7
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Judges • Chapter 7 (25 verses)

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh , in the valley. And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are wi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Midian , Amalekites , Joash , Abel , Harod , Moreh 1 , Gilead .

Judges 5
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Judges • Chapter 5 (31 verses)

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel , when the people willingly offered themselves. Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Isr... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Ephraim , Amalek , Benjamin , Seir , Edom, Sinai .

Judges 10
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Judges • Chapter 10 (18 verses)

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim . And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir . And after him arose Jair , a Gileadite, and judged I... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Issachar , Ephraim , Jair , Moab , Shamir 2, Gilead , Syria .

Judges 8
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Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .

שׁוֹפֵט
sopet
H8196 Hebrew
judge, ruler, deliverer

judge, ruler, deliverer. Judge, charismatic ruler, deliverer raised up by God to rescue Israel from foreign oppressors during the amphictyony.

Judges 20
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Judges • Chapter 20 (48 verses)

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead , unto the Lord in Mizpah . And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Benjamin , Judah , Phinehas , Gilead , Mizpah 3 , Gibeah 1 , Baal .

Judges 6
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Judges • Chapter 6 (40 verses)

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Midian, Amalekites , Joash , Manasseh , Gaza , Egypt , Ophrah 2 , Baal .

Othniel
99% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Kenaz

( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) Othniel judged Israel 40 years: 1409-1369 BCE ( Judges 3:11 ).

Judges Map
99% Book Map
Interactive Book Map • Judges

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Judges .

Judges 11
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Judges • Chapter 11 (40 verses)

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead 's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou... Mentions: Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Manasseh , Gilead, Tob , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .

Caleb
99% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Judges 15
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Judges • Chapter 15 (20 verses)

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hate... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Etam 1 , Lehi .

Judges 14
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Judges • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And Samson went down to Timnah , and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father an... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Timnah 1, Ashkelon .

Judges 13
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Judges • Chapter 13 (25 verses)

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. And there was a certain man of Zorah , of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Dan , Zorah , Eshtaol .

Judges 21
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Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .

Judges 19
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Judges • Chapter 19 (30 verses)

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel , that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim , who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah. And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her fathe... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Benjamin , Jebus , Jerusalem , Gibeah 1 , Ramah 1 .

Judges 9
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Judges • Chapter 9 (57 verses)

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem , Whether is better for you, either that all the son... Mentions: Baal , Jotham , Midian , Jacob/Israel , Shechem, Ophrah 2 , Millo , Lebanon .

Judges 12
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Judges • Chapter 12 (15 verses)

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon , and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, ... Mentions: Ephraim , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Zebulun , Abdon , Gilead , Jordan , Elon .

Judges 17
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Judges • Chapter 17 (13 verses)

And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah . And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Ble... Mentions: Ephraim , Micah , Jacob/Israel , Judah .

כָּבַשׁ
kabas
H3533 Hebrew
to subdue, bring into subjection

to subdue, bring into subjection. To subdue, bring into cultivation; creation commission to bring earth's potential into orderly flourishing (Genesis 1:28).

Judges 16
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Judges • Chapter 16 (31 verses)

Then went Samson to Gaza , and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it i... Mentions: Hebron , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Zorah , Eshtaol .

Interactive 3D Museum Scale Model • 2 Samuel 5 & 1 Kings 6–9

Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Kenaz
99% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Kenaz is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Jephunneh , parent of Othniel , Seraiah . ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 )

Ehud
99% Gen 32
Generation 32 • Child of Gera

( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ).

אֱלֹהִים
elohim
H430 Hebrew
God, gods, deity

God, gods, deity. Plural of majesty used predominantly with singular verbs to designate the one true God, Creator of the universe, possessing supreme transcendent power, sovereign authority, and plenitude of divine attributes.

Jephunneh
98% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Ruth
89% Old Testament
Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Ruth (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Judah , Boaz , Jacob/Israel , Leah , Tamar . Key places: Moab , Tamar 2 , Hezron . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to so..."

Joshua
Connected via Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges 86% Gen 33
Generation 33 • Child of Nun (or Non)

( 1 Chronicles 7:27 ) This is the Joshua, son of Nun , who was Moses ' servant ( Exodus 33:11 ) and who brought the Israelites into their Land ( Joshua 6:6 ). He was 110 years old ( Joshua 24:29 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Judges 1:5 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

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

Judges 1:28 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

Judges 1:29 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Judges 1:9 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

Judges 1:32 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

Judges 3:5 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

Judges 1:4 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

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.

Judges 1:10 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judges 1:30 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron , nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Judges 1:1 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

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?

Judges 1:17 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah .

Judges 3:3 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon , from mount Baal –hermon unto the entering in of Hamath .

Judges 1:3 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

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.

Judges 1:33 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributaries unto them.

Judges 1:27 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Joshua 3:10 (KJV)
Joshua 3 KJV

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Judges 3:11 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Judges 1:26 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day.

Judges 3:1 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ;

Judges 3:8 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel , and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia : and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.

Judges 1:18 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Ashkelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Judges 2:23 (KJV)
Judges 2 KJV

Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua .

Judges 1:16 (KJV)
Judges 1 KJV

And the children of the Kenite, Moses ' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah , which lieth in the south of Arad ; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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