Judges 1:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ The men of Judah and the men of Simeon [1:3], their ·relatives [brothers], defeated the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They ·completely destroyed the city [devoted it to the Lord for destruction; see Josh. 2:10; 6:17–19], so they called it Hormah [^Csounds like Hebrew for “total destruction”]. ¹⁸ The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron [^CPhilistine cities along the coast], and the lands around them.

¹⁹ The Lord was with the men of Judah. They took the land in the ·mountains [hill country], but they could not force out the people living on the plain, because they had iron chariots [^Cwooden chariots with iron fittings].