Hormah
Town
Location disputed Tel Masos: about 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Tel Masos Possible
- Tel Halif Possible
- Tel Malhata Less likely
- Tell esh Sharia Less likely
- Tel Ira Less likely
Hormah in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 9 Verses
- Numbers 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
- Numbers 21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
- Joshua 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Joshua 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
- Joshua 19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
- Judges 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
- 1 Samuel 30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
- 1 Chronicles 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
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