[1:16] 1 tc Part of the Greek
[1:16] 2 tn Heb “[to] the Desert of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”
[1:16] 3 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).