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Judg. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of thee Kenite
Qeyniy (Hebrew #7017)
patronymic from 7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
KJV usage: Kenite.
Pronounce: kay-nee'
Origin: or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2:55) {kee-nee'}
, Moses’
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
father in law
chathan (Hebrew #2859)
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
KJV usage: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Pronounce: khaw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
, went up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
out of theg city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of palm trees
`Iyr (Hebrew #5899)
city of the palmtrees; Ir-hat-Temarim, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: the city of palmtrees.
Pronounce: hat-Tmariym
Origin: from 5892 and the plural of 8558 with the article interpolated
tamar (Hebrew #8558)
a palm tree
KJV usage: palm (tree).
Pronounce: taw-mawr'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be erect
with the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
into the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, which lieth in the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
ofi Arad
`Arad (Hebrew #6166)
fugitive; Arad, the name of a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite
KJV usage: Arad.
Pronounce: ar-awd'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sequester itself
; andk they went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
among
'eth (Hebrew #854)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
KJV usage: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: probably from 579
the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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Judg. 4:11,17• 11{i}(Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.){/i}
 17{i}And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.{/i} (Judg. 4:11,17)
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1 Chron. 2:55• 55{i}and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.{/i} (1 Chron. 2:55)
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Deut. 34:3• 3{i}and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.{/i} (Deut. 34:3)
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Num. 21:1• 1{i}And the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.{/i} (Num. 21:1)
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Num. 10:29‑32• 29{i}And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.{/i}
 30{i}And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.{/i}
 31{i}And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.{/i}
 32{i}And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee.{/i} (Num. 10:29‑32)
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1 Sam. 15:6• 6{i}And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.{/i} (1 Sam. 15:6)

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Arad,
Father,
Moses,
Palm; Palm Tree,
South,
The Kingdom of Judah,
Wilderness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Kenite.
Judg. 4:11,17• 11{i}(Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.){/i}
 17{i}And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.{/i} (Judg. 4:11,17)
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Num. 10:29‑32• 29{i}And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.{/i}
 30{i}And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.{/i}
 31{i}And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.{/i}
 32{i}And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee.{/i} (Num. 10:29‑32)
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Num. 24:21‑22• 21{i}And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said{/i},{HR}Strong is thy dwelling-place,{HR}And thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
 22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,{HR}Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Num. 24:21‑22)
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1 Sam. 15:6• 6{i}And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.{/i} (1 Sam. 15:6)
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1 Chron. 2:15• 15{i}Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;{/i} (1 Chron. 2:15)
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Jer. 35:2• 2Go unto the house of the Rechabites and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. (Jer. 35:2)
Moses.
Ex. 3:1• 1And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. (Ex. 3:1)
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Ex. 4:18• 18{i}And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, that I may see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.{/i} (Ex. 4:18)
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Ex. 18:1,7,12,14‑17,27• 1{i}And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.{/i}
 7{i}And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare, and went into the tent.{/i}
 12{i}And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.{/i}
 14{i}And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?{/i}
 15{i}And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.{/i}
 16{i}When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws.{/i}
 17{i}And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.{/i}
 27{i}And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.{/i} (Ex. 18:1,7,12,14‑17,27)
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Num. 10:29• 29{i}And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.{/i} (Num. 10:29)
city of palm.
Judg. 3:13• 13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. (Judg. 3:13)
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Deut. 34:3• 3{i}and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.{/i} (Deut. 34:3)
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2 Chron. 28:16• 16{i}At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.{/i} (2 Chron. 28:16)
which.
Num. 21:1• 1{i}And the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.{/i} (Num. 21:1)
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Josh. 12:14• 14{i}the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;{/i} (Josh. 12:14)
they went.
Num. 10:29‑32• 29{i}And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.{/i}
 30{i}And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.{/i}
 31{i}And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.{/i}
 32{i}And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee.{/i} (Num. 10:29‑32)
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1 Sam. 15:6• 6{i}And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.{/i} (1 Sam. 15:6)
• (Judg. 4:11, 1 Sam. 15:6.) Like Rahab, these children of a stranger amongst the nations, went up out of Jericho, the city of palm trees (1:16, c. f., Deut. 34:3), to cast in their lot with Israel. In cleaving permanently to Judah, they resembled Ruth. And like Othniel, they allied themselves with the family of Caleb....The Rechabites were descended from the Kenites (1 Chron. 2:55, 2 Kings 10:15, Jer. 35), and when their history closes in the Bible, they are praised as true Nazarites in the midst of the ruin of Israel. (“Introduction: the Condition of Israel at the Time of Joshua's Death: Judges 1:1-16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Aradg; and they went and dwelt with the people.

JND Translation Notes

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That part of the Negeb which formed the district of "Arad." see Josh. 10.40, and 1 Sam. 27.10; 30.14.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)