1:17a Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites,

The men of Judah went with the men of Simeon their relatives
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The men ⌊of the clan⌋ of Judah went with their brothers, the men ⌊of the clan⌋ of Simeon.

1:17b attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction.

to fight the people of Canaan who lived in Zephath. They completely destroyed that town.
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They attacked the people of Canaan who lived in the town of Zephath, and totally destroyed the town.

1:17c So it was called Hormah.

They gave the town a new name, Hormah.
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They ⌊renamed the town and⌋ called it Hormah ⌊which means “set apart for destruction⌋ .”

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