17 Judah’s army helped Simeon’s army attack the Canaanites who lived at Zephath. They completely destroyed [11] the town and renamed it Hormah. [12]

18 [18-19] The LORD helped the army of Judah capture Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the land near those towns. They also took the hill country. But the people who lived in the valleys had iron chariots, so Judah was not able to make them leave or to take their land.

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