Judges 1:16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho^[a] with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.^[b]

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Footnotes

1.16 Jericho: The Hebrew text has “Town of Palm Trees,” another name for Jericho.
1.16 not far … Amalekites: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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Judges 1:17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷Judah's army helped Simeon's army attack the Canaanites who lived at Zephath. They completely destroyed^[a] the town and renamed it Hormah.^[b]

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Footnotes

1.17 completely destroyed: The Hebrew word means that the town was given completely to the Lord, and since it could not be used for normal purposes anymore, it had to be destroyed.
1.17 Hormah: In Hebrew “Hormah” sounds like “completely destroyed.”

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