Judges 1:9

1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. ¹ 

Judges 1:15-16

1:15 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ²  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. ³ 

1:16 Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, ⁴  located in the Negev. ⁵  They went and lived with the people of Judah. ⁶ 

Judges 21:19

21:19 However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel ⁷  (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”

¹ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

² tn Elsewhere the Hebrew word בְרָכָה (vÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

³ tn Some translations regard the expressions “springs of water” (גֻּלֹּת מָיִם, gullot mayim) and “springs” (גֻּלֹּת) as place names here (cf. NRSV).

³ tc Part of the Greek ms tradition lacks the words “of Judah.”

⁴ tn Heb “[to] the Desert of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”

⁵ tn The phrase “of Judah” is supplied here in the translation. Some ancient textual witnesses read, “They went and lived with the Amalekites.” This reading, however, is probably influenced by 1 Sam 15:6 (see also Num 24:20-21).

⁴ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.