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Jue. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
the death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
b of Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
it came to pass, that the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
c asked
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Who shall go up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
for us against the Canaanites
Kna`aniy (Hebrew #3669)
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
KJV usage: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
Pronounce: ken-ah-an-ee'
Origin: patrial from 3667
first
tchillah (Hebrew #8462)
a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Pronounce: tekh-il-law'
Origin: from 2490 in the sense of opening
, to fight
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against them?
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Jos. 24:29• 29Y después de estas cosas murió Josué, hijo de Nun, siervo de Jehová siendo de ciento y diez años. (Jos. 24:29)
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Jue. 20:18• 18Levantáronse luego los hijos de Israel, y subieron á la casa de Dios, y consultaron á Dios, diciendo: ¿Quién subirá de nosotros el primero en la guerra contra los hijos de Benjamín? Y Jehová respondió: Judá el primero. (Jue. 20:18)
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Nm. 27:21• 21Y él estará delante de Eleazar el sacerdote, y á él preguntará por el juicio del Urim delante de Jehová: por el dicho de él saldrán, y por el dicho de él entrarán, él, y todos los hijos de Israel con él, y toda la congregación. (Nm. 27:21)

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Death,
Israel,
Joshua,
The Canaanites

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The acts of Judah and Simeon.
4-7:  Adonibezek justly requited.
8-9:  Jerusalem taken.
10:  Hebron taken.
11-15:  Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir.
16:  The Kenites dwell in Judah.
17-20:  Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken.
21:  The acts of Benjamin.
22-29:  Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el.
30:  Of Zebulun.
31-32:  Of Asher.
33:  Of Naphtali.
34-36:  Of Dan.
Now.
Jos. 24:29‑30• 29Y después de estas cosas murió Josué, hijo de Nun, siervo de Jehová siendo de ciento y diez años.
 30Y enterráronlo en el término de su posesión en Timnath-sera, que está en el monte de Ephraim, al norte del monte de Gaas. (Jos. 24:29‑30)
asked.
Jue. 20:18,28• 18Levantáronse luego los hijos de Israel, y subieron á la casa de Dios, y consultaron á Dios, diciendo: ¿Quién subirá de nosotros el primero en la guerra contra los hijos de Benjamín? Y Jehová respondió: Judá el primero.
 28Y Phinees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, se presentaba delante de ella en aquellos días,) y dijeron: ¿Tornaré á salir en batalla contra los hijos de Benjamín mi hermano, ó estaréme quedo? Y Jehová dijo: Subid, que mañana yo lo entregaré en tu mano. (Jue. 20:18,28)
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Éx. 28:30• 30Y pondrás en el racional del juicio Urim y Thummim, para que estén sobre el corazón de Aarón cuando entrare delante de Jehová: y llevará siempre Aarón el juicio de los hijos de Israel sobre su corazón delante de Jehová. (Éx. 28:30)
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Nm. 27:21• 21Y él estará delante de Eleazar el sacerdote, y á él preguntará por el juicio del Urim delante de Jehová: por el dicho de él saldrán, y por el dicho de él entrarán, él, y todos los hijos de Israel con él, y toda la congregación. (Nm. 27:21)
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1 S. 22:9‑10• 9Entonces Doeg Idumeo, que era superior entre los siervos de Saúl, respondió y dijo: Yo vi al hijo de Isaí que vino á Nob, á Ahimelech hijo de Ahitob;
 10El cual consultó por él á Jehová, y dióle provisión, y también le dió la espada de Goliath el Filisteo. (1 S. 22:9‑10)
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1 S. 23:9‑10• 9Mas entendiendo David que Saúl ideaba el mal contra él, dijo á Abiathar sacerdote: Trae el ephod.
 10Y dijo David: Jehová Dios de Israel, tu siervo tiene entendido que Saúl trata de venir contra Keila, á destruir la ciudad por causa mía. (1 S. 23:9‑10)
• The contrast between the books of Joshua and Judges is immense. Joshua, a striking type of the spirit of Christ in power, leads Israel on to conquer and dwell in peace in the land of promise. The book of Judges gives us quite another order of things. Starting from the blessings conferred by Jehovah in Canaan, and confided to the responsibility of the people, it shows us what use Israel made of them. (“Preface: Judges” by H.L. Rossier)
• Israel's history is repeated in that of the church. The Epistle to the Ephesians answers, in the New Testament, to Joshua....Judges corresponds with 2 Timothy. (“Preface: Judges” by H.L. Rossier)
• The history of man-blessed of God, but responsible-is ever the same. Adam, Noah, Israel, the nations, the church-the sad picture never varies. Ah! how the Word of God depicts to us what we are, but blessed be His name, we also learn to know God. (“Preface: Judges” by H.L. Rossier)
• He shows us that He has resources, when we have lost everything; that His voice can awaken those who sleep among the dead (Eph. 5:14); that His arm can deliver those whom unbelief has replaced under bondage; that there is a fight of faith for perilous times; that in the midst of the rubbish accumulated by man, there is a path which the vultures' eye hath not seen, well known to faith, accessible to the simplest believer; in a word He shows us, that in a day of ruin, God can be as fully glorified as in the church's brightest days. (“Preface: Judges” by H.L. Rossier)
• Chap. 1:1-16 may be considered as a preface to the book of Judges, and the words, "Now after the death of Joshua, it came to pass," are the key to the whole book. It is not as yet, properly speaking, declension, but that which precedes it. What follows is governed by the fact, that Joshua, a type of the Spirit of Christ in power, was no longer in the midst of Israel. (“Introduction: the Condition of Israel at the Time of Joshua's Death: Judges 1:1-16” by H.L. Rossier)
• Joshua gives us the possession of what is ours, and Judges gives us the history of the people holding, or failing to hold it. Judges is the history of what should have been a progress. All through Joshua we are reminded that “there remaineth very much land to be possessed." It was simply conquering the land as a whole, not conquering it in detail. (“Introductory” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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