Judges 1:1-3

The Fight Against the Canaanites

Now it happened after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel ^aasked of ¹Yahweh, saying, “Who shall go up first for us ^bagainst the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2 And Yahweh said, “^aJudah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” 3 Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into ¹the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and ²I in turn will go with you into ³the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him.