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Judges 1:16

Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Jericho;   Judah;   Kenites;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kenites;   The Topic Concordance - Complaining;   Lust;   Murmuring;   Sexual Activities;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Judah, the Tribe of;   Kenites, the;   Palm-Tree, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arad;   Canaan;   Hobab;   Hormah;   Jericho;   Kenites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Midian;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jews, Judaism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Arad;   Hobab;   Jehonadab;   Judah, Tribe of;   Kenites;   Palm Trees, the City of;   Rechabites;   Wilderness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arad;   Hazezon Tamar;   Heber (2);   Hobab;   Jehonadab;   Jerahmeel;   Jericho;   Judges, the Book of;   Kenites;   Kinah;   Palmtree;   Pentateuch;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Proselytes;   South;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arad;   City of Palm Trees;   Desert;   Jericho;   Judges, Book of;   Kenites;   Palms;   Palms, City of;   Plants in the Bible;   Reuel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arad;   Canaanites;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Hobab;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Jael;   Jethro;   Judaea;   Judah;   Judges (1);   Kenites;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Palm Tree;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assumption of Moses;   Condemnation;   Desert, Wilderness;   Eschatology;   Hellenism;   Jude Epistle of;   Lust;   Marriage;   Murmuring;   Respect of Persons;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arad ;   Jericho;   Jethro ;   Kenites ;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - city of palm trees;   jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Arad;   Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jericho;   Jerusalem;   Kenite;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'rad;   Ken'ite, the,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Swelling;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Kenites;   Rechabites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Admiration;   Advantage;   Alliance;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Arad;   City of Palm Trees;   Desert;   Exodus, the Book of;   Gentiles;   God;   Government;   Hobab;   Jethro;   Joshua (2);   Judah, Territory of;   Kenites;   Lust;   Midian;   Negeb;   Palm Tree;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Rechab;   Swelling;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arad;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amalek, Amalekites;   Arad;   Eliezer B. Jose Ha-Gelili;   Jethro;   Judah;   Kenites;   Midian and Midianites;   Palm;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The descendants of the Kenite, Moses’s father-in-law, had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad. They went to live among the people.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of the Keni, Moshe' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Yehudah into the wilderness of Yehudah, which is in the south of `Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
King James Version
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the descendants of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev near Arad. And they went and settled with the people.
English Standard Version
And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
New Century Version
The Kenite people, who were from the family of Moses' father-in-law, left Jericho, the city of palm trees. They went with the men of Judah to the Desert of Judah to live with them there in southern Judah near the city of Arad.
New English Translation
Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.
Amplified Bible
The sons of [Jethro] the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms (Jericho) with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the Negev (South country) near Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
New American Standard Bible
Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the childre of Keni Moses father in law went vp out of the citie of the palme trees with the children of Iudah, into the wildernesse of Iudah, that lieth in the South of Arad, & went and dwelt among the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit.
Contemporary English Version
The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next, the descendants of the Keini, Moshe's father-in-law, went up out of the City of Date-Palms with the people of Y'hudah into the Y'hudah Desert south of ‘Arad; and they came and settled with the people.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Kenites left the City of Palm Trees and went with the men of Judah. They went to the desert of Judah to live with the people there. This was in the Negev near the city Arad. (The Kenites were from the family of Moses' father-in-law.)
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of the Kenite, Moses father-in-law, went up from the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Adar; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Good News Translation
The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went on with the people of Judah from Jericho, the city of palm trees, into the barren country south of Arad in Judah. There they settled among the Amalekites.
Literal Translation
And the sons of the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, had gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah to the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad. And they went and lived with the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the childre of ye Kenyte Moses brother in lawe, wente vp out of the palme cite, with the children of Iuda in to the wyldernesse of Iuda, that lyeth on ye south syde of the cite Arad: and wente their waye, & dwelt amonge the people.
American Standard Version
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the childre of the Kenite Moyses father in lawe, went vp out of the citie of paulme trees with the children of Iuda, into the wildernesse of Iuda, that lieth in the south of Arad, and they went and dwelt among the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went 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.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of the Kenite, Moses father in law, went vp out of the citie of palme trees, with the children of Iudah into the wildernesse of Iudah, which lieth in the South of Arad, and they went and dwelt among the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people.
English Revised Version
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother in law, went 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.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Cyney, `alye of Moyses, stieden fro the citee of palmes with the sones of Juda, in to the desert of his lot, which desert is at the south of Arath; and dwelliden with hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah [to] the wilderness of Judah, which [is] in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negeb of Arad; and Amalek went and dwelt with them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of the Kenite, Moses's father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
World English Bible
The children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went 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 lived with the people.
New King James Version
Now the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South near Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
New Living Translation
When the tribe of Judah left Jericho—the city of palms—the Kenites, who were descendants of Moses' father-in-law, traveled with them into the wilderness of Judah. They settled among the people there, near the town of Arad in the Negev.
New Life Bible
The children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went with the people of Judah from Jericho to the desert of Judah south of Arad. They went and lived with the people.
New Revised Standard
The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad. Then they went and settled with the Amalekites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, had come up from the city of palm-trees, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad, - so they went and dwelt with the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of the Cinite, the kinsman of Moses, went up from the city of palms, with the children of Juda, into the wilderness of his lot, which is at the south side of Arad, and they dwelt with him.
Revised Standard Version
And the descendants of the Ken'ite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad; and they went and settled with the people.
THE MESSAGE
The people of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' relative, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah at the descent of Arad. They settled down there with the Amalekites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

Contextual Overview

9 After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands. 10 And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword. 11 And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.) 12 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it. 13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife. 14 Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it? 15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring. 16 Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites; 17 And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah. 18 Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Kenite: Judges 4:11, Judges 4:17, Numbers 10:29-32, Numbers 24:21, Numbers 24:22, 1 Samuel 15:6, 1 Chronicles 2:15, Jeremiah 35:2

Moses': Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18, Exodus 18:1, Exodus 18:7, Exodus 18:12, Exodus 18:14-17, Exodus 18:27, Numbers 10:29

city of palm: Judges 3:13, Deuteronomy 34:3, 2 Chronicles 28:16

which: Numbers 21:1, Joshua 12:14

they went: Numbers 10:29-32, 1 Samuel 15:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:32 - General 1 Samuel 27:10 - Kenites 1 Samuel 30:29 - Kenites 1 Chronicles 2:55 - Kenites 2 Chronicles 28:15 - the city

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Deuteronomy 4:19
And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.
Job 31:26
If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
Job 38:7
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
Psalms 8:3
When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;
Psalms 19:6
His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law,.... The posterity of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses; for though Jethro returned to his own country, after he had paid a visit to Moses in the wilderness, yet Hobab his son, at the persuasion of Moses, travelled with him and Israel through the wilderness, and went with them into Canaan, at least some of his descendants, and settled there, some in one part of the land, and some in another, of whom we read in several places of Scripture; they continued to the days of Jeremiah, and then went by the name of Rechabites, so called from Rechab, a descendant of Jethro: these

went up out of the city of palm trees; from the city of Jericho, as the Targum, so called from the great number of palm trees which grew near it, see Deuteronomy 34:3. This is to be understood not of the city itself, that was utterly destroyed by Joshua, and the rebuilding of it was forbidden under a curse, but the country adjacent, the valley in which it stood, which was set with palm trees; here was a grove of palm trees m, and the garden of balsam, which grew nowhere else, as Strabo n says; and who also observes, that here was a royal palace in his time; this belonged to Herod king of Judea in the times of Augustus Caesar, to whose palm tree groves there Horace o refers. Here the Kenites first settled when they came first over Jordan with Joshua, being a most pleasant and delightful place, and suitable to such persons who dwelt in tents, as they did, and answered to the promise of Moses to Hobab,

Numbers 10:29; and here it seems they had remained to this time: and now they left it, and came

with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah; which was also a convenient place for the habitation of such persons, who loved a solitary life. Perhaps the Canaanites about Jericho might be troublesome to them, and therefore chose to stay no longer, there; or, having a peculiar affection for the tribe of Judah, they chose to be within their lot; and the rather, as they were a warlike and valiant tribe, they might expect the greater safety and protection among them:

which [lieth], in the south of Arad; that is, which wilderness of Judah lay there, of which name there was a country or city, see Numbers 21:1; and here some of them dwelt to the times of Saul, the Amalekites then having got possession of the southern parts, which they infested and were troublesome to, see 1 Samuel 15:6;

and they went and dwelt among the people; of the tribe of Judah, near some of the cities which were in the wilderness; of which see

Joshua 15:63.

m Justin. e Trogo, l. 36. c. 3. n Geograph. l. 16. p. 525. o Praeferat Herodis. Palmetis Pinguibus----De Arte Poet. ver. 184.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of the Kenite - See Numbers 24:21 note.

The city of palm trees - Jericho (see the marginal reference). The rabbinical story is that Jericho, with 500 cubits square of land, was given to Hobab. The use of the phrase “city of palm trees” for “Jericho,” is perhaps an indication of the influence of Joshua’s curse Joshua 6:26. Tbe very name of Jericho was blotted out. There are no palm trees at Jericho now, but Josephus mentions them repeatedly, as well as the balsam trees.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:16. The children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law — For an account of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, see Exodus 18:1-27; Numbers 10:29, c.

The city of palm trees — This seems to have been some place near Jericho, which city is expressly called the city of palm trees, Deuteronomy 34:3 and though destroyed by Joshua, it might have some suburbs remaining where these harmless people had taken up their residence.

The Kenites, the descendants of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, were always attached to the Israelites: they remained with them, says Calmet, during their wanderings in the wilderness, and accompanied them to the promised land. They received there a lot with the tribe of Judah, and remained in the city of palm trees during the life of Joshua; but after his death, not contented with their portion, or molested by the original inhabitants, they united with the tribe of Judah, and went with them to attack Arad. After the conquest of that country, the Kenites established themselves there, and remained in it till the days of Saul, mingled with the Amalekites. When this king received a commandment from God to destroy the Amalekites, he sent a message to the Kenites to depart from among them, as God would not destroy them with the Amalekites. From them came Hemath, who was the father of the house of Rechab, 1 Chronicles 2:55, and the Rechabites, of whom we have a remarkable account Jeremiah 35:1, &c.


 
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