Judges 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AFTER THE death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?

Common English Bible

¹ After Joshua’s death, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Who should go up first to fight for us against the Canaanites?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, "Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ After the death of Josue, the children of Israel consulted the Lord, saying: Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader of the war?

Judges 1:1 Cross References

1 Kings 22:5

And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord.”

Exodus 18:15

And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God;

Exodus 28:30

And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.”

Judges 1:27

Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.

Judges 2:21

I will not henceforth drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died,

Judges 2:8

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.

Judges 2:9

And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.

Judges 20:18

The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord said, “Judah shall go up first.”

Judges 20:23

And the people of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening; and they inquired of the Lord, “Shall we again draw near to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites?” And the Lord said, “Go up against them.”

Judges 20:27

And the people of Israel inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Judges 20:28

and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we yet again go out to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites, or shall we cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”

1 Samuel 10:22

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Did the man come hither?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”