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Judges 1:18-20
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Judges 1:18-20
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18 The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.[a]
19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered[b] the hill country, but they could not[c] conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.[d] 20 Caleb received[e] Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.
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- Judges 1:18 tn Heb “The men of Judah captured Gaza and its surrounding territory, Ashkelon and its surrounding territory, and Ekron and its surrounding territory.”
- Judges 1:19 tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”
- Judges 1:19 tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.
- Judges 1:19 tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.
- Judges 1:20 tn Heb “they gave to Caleb.”
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