Judges 1:9
Context1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. 1
Judges 1:15-16
Context1:15 She answered, “Please give me a special present. 2 Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. 3
1:16 Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, 4 located in the Negev. 5 They went and lived with the people of Judah. 6
Judges 21:19
Context21:19 However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel 7 (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”


[1:9] 1 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
[1:15] 2 tn Elsewhere the Hebrew word בְרָכָה (vÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).
[1:15] 3 tn Some translations regard the expressions “springs of water” (גֻּלֹּת מָיִם, gullot mayim) and “springs” (גֻּלֹּת) as place names here (cf. NRSV).
[1:16] 3 tc Part of the Greek
[1:16] 4 tn Heb “[to] the Desert of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”
[1:16] 5 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).
[21:19] 4 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.