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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[a] to Arad in the wilderness of Judah,[b] located in the Negev.[c] They went and lived with the people of Judah.[d]

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  1. Judges 1:16 sn The city of date palm trees refers to Jericho. See Deut 34:3.
  2. Judges 1:16 tc Part of the Greek ms tradition lacks the words “of Judah.”
  3. Judges 1:16 tn Heb “[to] the wilderness of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”
  4. Judges 1:16 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).

11 Now Heber the Kenite had moved away[a] from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He lived[b] near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

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  1. Judges 4:11 tn Or “separated.”
  2. Judges 4:11 tn Heb “pitched his tent.”