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Judges 1:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
Judges 1:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 The descendants of the Kenite father-in-law of Moses went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms[a] to the part of the Wilderness of Judah that was in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived there among the people.
17 The tribe of Judah went along with the tribe of Simeon, its brother tribe. Together they struck down the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They devoted the city to destruction and named the city Hormah.[b] 18 Judah also captured Gaza with its border region, Ashkelon with its border region, and Ekron with its border region.
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- Judges 1:16 Probably the area of Jericho
- Judges 1:17 Hormah means devoted to destruction.
Judges 1:16-18
New International Version
Judges 1:16-18
New International Version
16 The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law,(A) the Kenite,(B) went up from the City of Palms[a](C) with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.(D)
17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites(E) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed[b] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.[c](F) 18 Judah also took[d] Gaza,(G) Ashkelon(H) and Ekron—each city with its territory.
Footnotes
- Judges 1:16 That is, Jericho
- Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.
- Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take
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