1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. 1 1:10 The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. 1:11 From there they attacked the people of Debir. 2 (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
1:16 Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, 3 located in the Negev. 4 They went and lived with the people of Judah. 5
1 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
2 tn Heb “they went from there against the inhabitants of Debir.” The LXX reads the verb as “they went up,” which suggests that the Hebrew text translated by the LXX read וַיַּעַל (vayya’al) rather than the MT’s וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh). It is possible that this is the text to be preferred in v. 11. Cf. Josh 15:15.
3 tc Part of the Greek
4 tn Heb “[to] the Desert of Judah in the Negev, Arad.”
5 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).