Judges 1:17

1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon ¹  and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. ²  So people now call the city Hormah. ³ 

Judges 1:19

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ⁴  the hill country, but they could not ⁵  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ⁶ 

Judges 15:10

15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking ⁷  us?” The Philistines ⁸  said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”

Judges 17:8

17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. ⁹ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹⁰  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹¹  from Bethlehem ¹²  in Judah.

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¹ tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

⁴ tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

⁵ tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

⁶ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

⁷ tn Or “come up against.”

⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

¹¹ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

¹² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.