Judges 1:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Israel’s Failure to Complete the Conquest of Canaan

1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, ‘Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’ ² The Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.’