Judges 1:1-21 Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.

 Judges 1:1-21士 師 記

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?” The Lord answered, “Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.”

 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

The Lord was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron. As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.

The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

Judge covers the period on Israel's history between Joshua's death and the rise of Samuel - roughly 1200BC to 1050BC. It was a difficult, unsettled time, when the scattered tribes were without central leadership, held together only by their common faith.

After Joshua's death, Judah, the tribe from which David and his line of kings would come, is first to continue the conquest after Joshua's dead, with notable success. The Benjamite failure to drive out the Jebusites from Jerusalem qualifies the victory of verse 8.

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講第一批攻打各支派神所賞賜之地。得著應許要自己去打，神已經為我們先打了。猶大與西緬合力攻打。神要人一起參與神的工作，分享得勝的榮耀與喜悅，所以神沒有直接將土地交給以色列人。讓人也珍惜恩典，卻不是免費的，要付上代價。學習信心，雖然眼前有高大的城牆，好的武器，看人是否願意順服下來? 人是否願意聽神的話，不是行自己的想法，同時學習同工。西緬先成為配搭的人，以後成為主導的人。我們也是要能主導，也能配搭他人。西緬有先經歷神的機會。通常我們成功後，不願再回來幫助人，這裏因為神要猶大先出去打仗，所以西緬願意順服神所定的次序，也相信猶大日後會再來幫他。

征服許多地方，卻無法趕出平原有鐵車的居民。好像還沒有打就決定勝敗，看見困難就忘記神的應許。猶大戰無不勝，容易忘了自己是誰?人容易有兩個極端1)看見困難就退縮，2)有成果揚揚得意就忘記倚靠神。

神按照人所行的懲罰人，如亞多尼比色所遭受的，曾經如此待人，以色列人也同樣待他。

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Why?

Some tribe has faith like Judah so they conquered the land of Canaanite territory. But Benjamites could not do it. Judah were fail to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron, but they forget defect enemy rely on the Lord.

How?

To be success and defeat the trouble and enemies is rely on the Lord Almighty.