Judges 1:17

1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon ¹  and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. ²  So people now call the city Hormah. ³ 

Judges 8:19

8:19 He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, ⁴  as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ⁵  his half-brothers ⁶  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

⁴ tn The words “I swear” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Or “fled from.”

⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁹ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”