Judges 1:19
19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ▼▼tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”
the hill country, but they could not ▼▼tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.
conquer the people living in the coastal plain because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ▼▼tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.
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