Hormah
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Hormah in the Bible Dictionary
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A city southwest of the Dead Sea
Num 14:45; 21:1–3; Deut 1:44
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Numbers 14:451 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 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.
Numbers 21:144 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.
Deuteronomy 1:44 -
Captured by the tribes of Judah and Simeon
Judg 1:17; Josh 12:14
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.
Judges 1:1714 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Joshua 12:14 -
Allotted to the tribe of Simeon
Josh 19:4; 1 Chr 4:30
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
Joshua 19:430 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
1 Chronicles 4:30 -
Within the territory allotted to Judah
Josh 15:30; 1 Sam 30:30
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
Joshua 15:3030 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
1 Samuel 30:30
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
