Judges 1:18-19

1:18 The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities. ¹ 

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ²  the hill country, but they could not ³  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ⁴ 

[1:18]  ¹ tn Heb “The men of Judah captured Gaza and its surrounding territory, Ashkelon and its surrounding territory, and Ekron and its surrounding territory.”

[1:19]  ² tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

[1:19]  ³ tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

[1:19]  ⁴ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.