Judges 1:8

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The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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These are Canaanite cities and regions spread across the hill country, lowlands, Negeb, Jordan valley, and coastal plain of the land allotted to Israel’s tribes. Jerusalem matters here because Judah captured and burned it, while the wider chapter

Places in this passage

Judges 1:8 mentions Acco, Achzib, Ahlab, Aijalon, Akrabbim, Aphik, Ashkelon, Bethel, Beth-shan, Beth-shemesh, Bezek, City of Palms, Debir, Dor, Ekron, Gaza, Gezer, Gulloth-mayim, Hebron, Ibleam, Jericho, Jerusalem, Lower Gulloth, Luz, Megiddo, Negeb, Shaalbim, Shephelah, Sidon, Taanach, Upper Gulloth and Zephath.

Photo of Achzib — Achzib · Leonid Rogachevsky