1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. 1
1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon 2 and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. 3 So people now call the city Hormah. 4
1 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
2 tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”
3 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”
5 tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”
4 tn That is, took as its own possession.