Judges 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Judges 2:8

2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

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¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”