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19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered[a] the hill country, but they could not[b] conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.[c]

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  1. Judges 1:19 tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”
  2. Judges 1:19 tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.
  3. Judges 1:19 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.