17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites(A) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed[a] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.

18 Judah also took[a] Gaza,(A) Ashkelon(B) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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  1. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take

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