Hakim-hakim 1:17

1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon ¹  and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. ²  So people now call the city Hormah. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 1:25

1:25 He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ⁴  and devoured ⁵  its crops ⁶  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁷  and they took away ⁸  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

¹ tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

⁴ tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

⁵ tn Heb “destroyed.”

⁶ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

⁷ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

⁸ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.