Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the Lord was with Judah; . . . but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley--The war was of the Lord, whose omnipotent aid would have ensured their success in every encounter, whether on the mountains or the plains, with foot soldiers or cavalry. It was distrust, the want of a simple and firm reliance on the promise of God, that made them afraid of the iron chariots (see on Joshua 11:4-9).
And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Judges 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Judges 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes.
slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2 Chronicles 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan.
Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Numbers 21:2). The confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took. But the Philistines seem soon to have regained possession of these cities.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 65:5
1 Corinthians 2:14
Ephesians 4:23
Hebrews 4:2
Hebrews 4:12
James 3:15
2 Peter 2:12
Jude 1:20
Jude 1:22-23
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