Judges 1:1

Easy To Read Version

Joshua died. Then the people of Israel prayed to the Lord. They said, “Which of our family groups should be the first to go and fight for us against the Canaanite people?”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:5

But first we should ask the Lord for advice.”

Exodus 18:15

Then Moses said to his father-in-law, “The people come to me and ask me to ask for God’s decision to their problem.

Exodus 28:30

Put the Urim and Thummim [254] inside the Judgment Pouch. They will be over Aaron’s heart when he goes before the Lord. So Aaron will always carry with him a way of judging the people of Israel when he is before the Lord.

Numbers 27:21

If Joshua needs to make a decision, then he will go to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will use the Urim [325] to learn the Lord’s answer. Then Joshua and all the people of Israel will do the things God says. If he says, ‘go to war,’ then they will go to war. And if he says, ‘go home,’ then they will go home.”

Judges 1:27

There were Canaanite people living in the cities of Beth Shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the small towns around those cities. The people from the family group of Manasseh could not force those people to leave those towns. So the Canaanite people stayed. They refused to leave their homes.

Judges 2:8

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years.

Judges 2:9

The people of Israel buried Joshua. They buried Joshua on the land that he had been given. That was at Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Judges 20:18

The people of Israel went up to the city of Bethel. At Bethel they asked God, “Which family group will be first to attack the family group of Benjamin?”

Judges 20:27

The men of Israel asked the Lord a question. (In those days God’s Box of the Agreement [172] was there at Bethel.

Judges 20:28

Phinehas was the priest that served God there. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. Eleazar was the son of Aaron.) The people of Israel asked, “The people of Benjamin are our relatives. Should we again go to fight against them? Or should we stop fighting?”

1 Samuel 10:22

Then they asked the Lord, “Has Saul come here yet?”