Berean Standard Bible

Judges 1:17-20

17Then the men of JudahH3063 wentH1980 withH854 their brothersH251 the SimeonitesH8095, attackedH5221 the CanaanitesH3669 livingH3427 in ZephathH6857, and devoted the city to destructionH2763 .1 So it was calledH7121 HormahH2767.2 18And JudahH3063 also capturedH3920 3 GazaH5804 , AshkelonH831 , and EkronH6138—each withH853 its territoryH1366. 19The LORDH3068 wasH1961 withH854 JudahH3063, and they took possessionH3423 of the hill countryH2022; butH3588 they could notH3808 drive outH3423 the inhabitantsH3427 of the plainsH6010 becauseH3588 they had chariotsH7393 of ironH1270.

Just asH834 MosesH4872 had promisedH1696, Judah gaveH5414 HebronH2275 to CalebH3612, who drove outH3423 the descendants of the threeH7969 sonsH1121 of AnakH6061 .

Notes

1. Judges 1:17 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering. ↩
2. Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction. ↩
3. Judges 1:18 Hebrew; LXX But Judah did not capture ↩