17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites(A) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed[a] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.

17 (A)And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called (B)Hormah.

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18 Judah also took[a] Gaza,(A) Ashkelon(B) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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  1. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint Judah did not take

18 Also Judah took (A)Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

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