Judges 1:16-19
Good News Translation
The Victories of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin
16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went on with the people of Judah from Jericho, the city of palm trees, into the barren country south of Arad in Judah. There they settled among the Amalekites.[a] 17 The people of Judah went with the people of Simeon, and together they defeated the Canaanites who lived in the city of Zephath. They put a curse on the city, destroyed it, and named it Hormah.[b] 18-19 The Lord helped the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they did not capture[c] Gaza, Ashkelon, or Ekron, with their surrounding territories. These people living along the coast had iron chariots, and so the people of Judah were not able to drive them out.
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- Judges 1:16 Some ancient translations Amalekites; Hebrew people.
- Judges 1:17 This name in Hebrew means “destruction.”
- Judges 1:18 One ancient translation But they did not capture; Hebrew And they captured.
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