Judges 1:8-10

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⁸They attacked Jerusalem,^[a] captured it, killed everyone who lived there, and then burned it to the ground.

⁹Judah's army fought the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, the Southern Desert, and the foothills to the west. ¹⁰After that, they attacked the Canaanites who lived at Hebron, defeating the three clans called^[b] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. At that time, Hebron was called Kiriath-Arba.

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Footnotes

1.8 Jerusalem: This probably refers to towns and villages belonging to Jerusalem but lying in Judah's territory south of the city wall. Jerusalem itself was just inside Benjamin's territory, but was not captured by Israel at this time (see verse 21; Joshua 15.5-9; 18.15-18).
1.10 clans called: Or “warriors.”