Judges 1:19

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

Judges 3:27

3:27 When he reached Seirah, ⁴  he blew a trumpet ⁵  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. ⁶ 

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

[1:19]  ² tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

[1:19]  ³ 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.

[3:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “When he arrived.”

[3:27]  ⁵ tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[3:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “now he was before them.”