How does verse 9 signal a new phase in Judah’s campaigns?
Judges 1:9 (ESV)
9And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.
The account in Judges 1 of Judah’s campaigns divides into two parts, signalled particularly by the repetition of key directional verbs: “to go up” (Judges 1:1, Judges 1:2, Judges 1:3, Judges 1:4) and “to go down” in Judges 1:9.
9 And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.