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12 Moreover, certain chiefs of the Ephraimites, Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war

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the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.

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16 The descendants of Hobab[a] the Kenite, Moses’s father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad. Then they went and settled with the Amalekites.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.16 Gk: Heb lacks Hobab
  2. 1.16 OL: Heb people

22 He answered, “No! Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink, and let them go to their master.”(A)

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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
    and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)

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22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.(A)

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