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 6:32

6:32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, ⁴  because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

Judges 12:2

12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. ⁵  I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. ⁶ 

[1:17]  ¹ tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”

[1:17]  ² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:17]  ³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

[6:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”

[12:2]  ⁷ tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”

[12:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand.”