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Judges 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Judges 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
15 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so please give me some spring-fed ponds for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[a]
16 The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho[b] with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.[c]
17 Judah's army helped Simeon's army attack the Canaanites who lived at Zephath. They completely destroyed[d] the town and renamed it Hormah.[e]
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- 1.15 spring-fed ponds … small ponds … Higher Pond and Lower Pond: Or “wells … wells … Higher Well and Lower Well.”
- 1.16 Jericho: The Hebrew text has “Town of Palm Trees,” another name for Jericho.
- 1.16 not far … Amalekites: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 1.17 completely destroyed: The Hebrew word means that the town was given completely to the Lord, and since it could not be used for normal purposes anymore, it had to be destroyed.
- 1.17 Hormah: In Hebrew “Hormah” sounds like “completely destroyed.”
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