{"product_id":"2940148923046","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges","description":"THE BOOK OF JUDGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Book is called JUDGES, because it contains the history of what\u003cbr\u003epassed under the government of the judges, who ruled Israel before they\u003cbr\u003ehad kings. The writer of it, according to the more general opinion, was\u003cbr\u003ethe prophet Samuel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudges Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe expedition and victory of Juda against the Chanaanites: who are\u003cbr\u003etolerated in many places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. After the death of Josue, the children of Israel consulted the\u003cbr\u003eLord, saying: Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and\u003cbr\u003eshall be the leader of the war?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the\u003cbr\u003eland into his hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. And Juda said to Simeon, his brother: Come up with me into my lot,\u003cbr\u003eand fight against the Chanaanite, that I also may go along with thee\u003cbr\u003einto thy lot. And Simeon went with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. And Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the\u003cbr\u003ePherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand\u003cbr\u003emen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and fought against him, and\u003cbr\u003ethey defeated the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and\u003cbr\u003ecut off his fingers and toes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. And Adonibezec said: Seventy kings, having their fingers and toes\u003cbr\u003ecut off, gathered up the leavings of the meat under my table: as I have\u003cbr\u003edone, so hath God requited me.  And they brought him to Jerusalem, and\u003cbr\u003ehe died there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it\u003cbr\u003eto the sword, and set the whole city on fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem... This city was divided into two; one part was called Jebus,\u003cbr\u003ethe other Salem: the one was in the tribe of Juda, the other in the\u003cbr\u003etribe of Benjamin. After it was taken and burnt by the men of Juda, it\u003cbr\u003ewas quickly rebuilt again by the Jebusites, as we may gather from ver.\u003cbr\u003e21; and continued in their possession till it was taken by king David.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. And afterwards they went down and fought against the Chanaanite,\u003cbr\u003ewho dwelt in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. And Juda going forward against the Chanaanite, that dwelt in\u003cbr\u003eHebron, (the name whereof was in former times Cariath-Arbe) slew Sesai,\u003cbr\u003eand Ahiman, and Tholmai:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHebron... This expedition against Hebron, etc. is the same as is\u003cbr\u003erelated, Jos. 15.24. It is here repeated, to give the reader at once a\u003cbr\u003eshort sketch of all the achievements of the tribe of Juda against the\u003cbr\u003eChanaanites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. And departing from thence, he went to the inhabitants of Dabir,\u003cbr\u003ethe ancient name of which was Cariath-Sepher, that is, the city of\u003cbr\u003eletters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe city of letters... Perhaps so called from some famous school, or\u003cbr\u003elibrary, kept there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it\u003cbr\u003ewaste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And Othoniel, the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb,\u003cbr\u003ehaving taken it, he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. And as she was going on her way, her husband admonished her to ask\u003cbr\u003ea field of her father. And as she sighed sitting on her ass, Caleb said\u003cbr\u003eto her: What aileth thee?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. But she answered: Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry\u003cbr\u003eland: give me also a watery land So Caleb gave her the upper and the\u003cbr\u003enether watery ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. And the children of the Cinite, the kinsman of Moses, went up from\u003cbr\u003ethe city of palms, with the children of Juda, into the wilderness of his\u003cbr\u003elot, which is at the south side of Arad, and they dwelt with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cinite... Jethro the father in law of Moses was called Cinoeus, or\u003cbr\u003ethe Cinite; and his children who came along with the children of Israel\u003cbr\u003esettled themselves among them in the land of Chanaan, embracing their\u003cbr\u003eworship and religion. From these the Rechabites sprung, of whom see Jer.\u003cbr\u003e35.-Ibid. The city of palms... Jericho, so called from the abundance of\u003cbr\u003epalm trees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. And Juda went with Simeon, his brother, and they together defeated\u003cbr\u003ethe Chanaanites that dwelt in Sephaath, and slew them. And the name of\u003cbr\u003ethe city was called Horma, that is, Anathema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. And Juda took Gaza, with its confines, and Ascalon, and Accaron,\u003cbr\u003ewith their confines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGaza, etc... These were three of the principal cities of the\u003cbr\u003ePhilistines, famous  both in sacred and profane history. They were taken\u003cbr\u003eat this time by the Israelites: but as they took no care to put\u003cbr\u003egarrisons in them, the Philistines soon recovered them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. And the Lord was with Juda, and he possessed the hill country: but\u003cbr\u003ewas not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, because they had\u003cbr\u003emany chariots armed with scythes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111596966128,"sku":"2940148923046","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148923046_p0.jpg?v=1763710093","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148923046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}