Judges 1 · Verse 17

Judges 1:17

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.
Judges 1:17, King James Version

Judges 1:17 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBJudah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Judah goeth with Simeon his brother, and they smite the Canaanite inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and one calleth the name of the city Hormah.
DARBYAnd Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it; and they called the name of the city Hormah.
BBEAnd Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Judges 1:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36
17-29. 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 confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took. But the Philistines seem soon to have regained possession of these cities.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 The city was called Hormah - This appears to be the same transaction mentioned Num 21:1 (note), etc., where see the notes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:9-20

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…

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Judges 1:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אֶת\־'et-withH854
שִׁמְע֣וֹןshim.'onSimeonH8095
אָחִ֔יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
וַיַּכּ֕וּvai.ya.Kuand they attackedH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669
יוֹשֵׁ֣בyo.Shev[who] dweltH3427
צְפַ֑תtze.Fatof ZephathH6857
וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּvai.ya.cha.Ri.muand they totally destroyedH2763
אוֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֵׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
חָרְמָֽה\׃cha.re.MahHormahH2767

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Cross references for Judges 1:17

  • Numbers 21:3

    And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:10

    Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

  • Judges 1:3

    And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

  • Joshua 19:4

    And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Judah.
3
Zephath.
2Ch 14:10
Zephathah. Hormah.
Nu 14:45; 21:3; Jos 19:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 1:16

    And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • Judges 1:17

    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.

  • Judges 1:18

    Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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Judges 1:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fué Judá á su hermano Simeón, é hirieron al Cananeo que habitaba en Sephath, y asoláronla: y pusieron por nombre á la ciudad, Horma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Juda s’en alla avec Siméon, son frère, et ils frappèrent le Cananéen qui habitait à Tsephath, et détruisirent entièrement la ville; et on appela la ville du nom de Horma.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Juda zog mit seinem Bruder Simeon hin, und sie schlugen die Kanaaniter, welche Zephat bewohnten; und sie verbannten es und gaben der Stadt den Namen Horma.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Abiit autem Judas cum Simeone fratre suo, et percusserunt simul Chananæum qui habitabat in Sephaath, et interfecerunt eum. Vocatumque est nomen urbis, Horma, id est, anathema.