John Gill's Exposition on Judges 1:17

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Judah went with Simeon his brother, etc.] Having subtitled his Canaanites which were in his own lot, according to his promise, he went with his brother Simeon, or the tribe of Simeon, into their lot to reduce those that were in that: and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it: where and what this city was is not certain; there was a place of this name in upper Galilee, mentioned in Jewish writings f15, which cannot be meant here; and we read of the valley of Zephathah, (<141410>2 Chronicles 14:10); which might have its name from hence, and if so it was near Mareshah: and the name of the city was called Hormah; from the destruction made of it, and of the country about it; for now what had been vowed by Israel in the wilderness, when near Arad, was fulfilled, (<042101>Numbers 21:1-3).

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