Judges 1:16 New English Translation
16 Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of date palm trees[a] to Arad in the wilderness of Judah,[b] located in the Negev.[c] They went and lived with the people of Judah.[d]
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- Judges 1:16 sn The city of date palm trees refers to Jericho. See Deut 34:3.
- Judges 1:16 tc Part of the Greek ms tradition lacks the words “of Judah.”
- Judges 1:16 tn Heb “[to] the wilderness of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”
- Judges 1:16 tn The phrase “of Judah” is supplied here in the translation. Some ancient textual witnesses read, “They went and lived with the Amalekites.” This reading, however, is probably influenced by 1 Sam 15:6 (see also Num 24:20-21).
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