Judges 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 1:17

Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hormah - See Num 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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
שִׁמְע֣וֹן	shim.'on	Simeon	H8095 →
אָחִ֔יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
וַיַּכּ֕וּ	vai.ya.Ku	and they attacked	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י	ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	the Canaanite[s]	H3669 →
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב	yo.Shev	[who] dwelt	H3427 →
צְפַ֑ת	tze.Fat	of Zephath	H6857 →
וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ	vai.ya.cha.Ri.mu	and they totally destroyed	H2763 →
אוֹתָ֔הּ	'o.Tah	<obj.> it	H853 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָעִ֖יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
חָרְמָֽה׃	cha.re.Mah	Hormah	H2767 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:44
  Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 21:3
  And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Numbers 14:43
  For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
Through
Numbers 21:3
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
leads to
- Numbers 14:45
  Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
- Psalms 10:17
  You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Through
Judges 1:3
Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 10:11
  “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- Joshua 19:1
  The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: