16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law,(A) had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms[a](B) to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad.(C) They went to live among the people.

17 Judah went with his brother Simeon, struck the Canaanites who were living in Zephath, and completely destroyed the town. So they named the town Hormah.(D) 18 Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:16 = Jericho; Dt 34:3; Jdg 3:13; 2Ch 28:15
  2. Judges 1:18 LXX reads Judah did not inherit Gaza and its borders nor Ashkelon and its borders nor Ekron and its borders nor Azotus and its surrounding lands

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