Judges 1:3

Then said Judah, unto Simeon his brother—Come up with me into the territory allotted me, and let us make war on the Canaanites, then will, I also, go with thee, into thy territory. So Simeon went with him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And Yahweh said—Judah, shall go,—lo! I have delivered the land into his power.

4And Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand,—and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.

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Cross References

Joshua 19:1And the second lot came out, for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families,—and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

2 Samuel 10:11And he said—If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou become my deliverance,—but, if, the sons of Ammon, be too strong for thee, then will I come with deliverance to thee.

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:2-9

Judges This is called the Hebrew Shepher Shophtim, the Book of Judges, which the Syriac and Arabic versions enlarge upon, and call it, The Book of the Judges of the Children of Israel; the judgments of that nation being peculiar, so were their judges, whose office differed vastly from that of the judges of other nations. The LXX. entitles it only Kritai, Judges. It is the history of the commonwealth of Israel, during the government of the judges from Othniel to Eli, so much of it as God saw fit to transmit to us.… Read the whole commentary →

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