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Judges 1:17
17Then Judah's men joined with their cousins, Simeon's men, to attack the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They completely destroyed the city. They gave it a new name, ‘Hormah’.
Judges 1:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city was called Hormah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 Hormah.
Context of Judges 1:17
15She replied, ‘Please be kind and give me a special gift. You have given me some land in the Negev desert. Now please give me a place with springs so that I have water for the land.’ So Caleb gave her some land with springs, on high land and on low land. 16The Kenites were descendants of Moses' wife's father. They left Jericho with Judah's people to live in the region of Arad, in the Negev desert. Then Judah's men joined with their cousins, Simeon's men, to attack the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They completely destroyed the city. They gave it a new name, ‘Hormah’. 18Judah's men also took for themselves the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron, as well as the land around those cities. 19The Lord helped the men of Judah so that they took the towns in the hill country for themselves. But they could not win against the people who lived on the lower land near the sea. Those people had iron chariots to help them fight.
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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־שִׁמְע֣וֹן אָחִ֔יו וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב צְפַ֑ת וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ אוֹתָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר חָרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- with Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshim‛ôn · SimeonH8095
- his brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
- and they slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
- that inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- Zephathצְפַ֑תtsephath · ZephathH6857
- and utterly destroyedחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
- it. And the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- was calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- Hormahחׇרְמָהchormâh · HormahH2767
Cross-references for Judges 1:17
- Judges 1:3The men of Judah's tribe said to their cousins, the men of Simeon's tribe, ‘Join with us to fight against the Canaanites. Help us to take the land that God has given to our tribe. Then we will help you to take the land that belongs to your tribe.’ So the men of Simeon's tribe joined with the men of Judah's tribe.
- 2 Chronicles 14:10Asa went out to fight against him. The two armies prepared to fight a battle in Zephathah valley, near Mareshah.
- Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills ran down. They attacked the Israelite men and they chased them to Hormah.
- Numbers 21:3The Lord accepted the Israelites' promise. He put the Canaanites under their power. The Israelites destroyed them and all their towns. After that, the place was called Hormah.
- Joshua 19:4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
Commentaries on Judges 1:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The city was called Hormah - This appears to be the same transaction mentioned Numbers 21:1; (note), etc., where see the notes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Hormah - See Numbers 21:1 note. The destruction then vowed was now accomplished. This is another decisive indication that the events here related belong to Joshua‘s lifetime. This would be about six years after the vow.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psa 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jos 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fix where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that molested none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17devoted the city to destruction: See Leviticus 27:28–29. Hormah: See study note on Numbers 21:2–3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2917-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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