Judges 1:16-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶ The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho^[a] with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.^[b]

¹⁷ Judah's army helped Simeon's army attack the Canaanites who lived at Zephath. They completely destroyed^[c] the town and renamed it Hormah.^[d]

^18-19 The Lord helped the army of Judah capture Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the land near those towns. They also took the hill country. But the people who lived in the valleys had iron chariots, so Judah was not able to make them leave or to take their land.