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16 The descendants of the Kenite father-in-law of Moses went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms[a] to the part of the Wilderness of Judah that was in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived there among the people.

17 The tribe of Judah went along with the tribe of Simeon, its brother tribe. Together they struck down the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They devoted the city to destruction and named the city Hormah.[b] 18 Judah also captured Gaza with its border region, Ashkelon with its border region, and Ekron with its border region.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:16 Probably the area of Jericho
  2. Judges 1:17 Hormah means devoted to destruction.