After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wil
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down f
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,