Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
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Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
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Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
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Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
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- Numbers 21:3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 1:44 The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
- Judges 1:17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
- Numbers 14:43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following Yahweh; therefore Yahweh will not be with you.”
- Exodus 17:16 He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
- Joshua 7:5 The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
- Joshua 7:11-12 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the…
Num 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah.
Ver. 45. And smote them.] To be out of God’s precincts, is to be out of his protection.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Canaanite; largely so called, but strictly the Arnorite,…
The Canaanite; largely so called, but strictly the Arnorite, as appears from Deu 1:44.
Which dwelt; so they were a part and branch of those that dwelt in the valley, Num 14:25. Or, sat, i.e. placed themselves, lay in ambush, expecting your coming.
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Hormah; a place so called afterwards Num 21:3, from the great slaughter or destruction of the Israelites at this time.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Canaanites - Largely so called, but strictly the…
The Canaanites - Largely so called, but strictly the Amorites. Hormah - A place so called afterwards, ver. 3, from the slaughter or destruction of the lsraelites at this time.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 14:45. The Canaanites — Largely so called, but…
Num 14:45. The Canaanites — Largely so called, but strictly the Amorites. Hormah — A place so called afterward, (Num 21:3,) from the slaughter or destruction of the Israelites at this time.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Unto Hormah - literally, “the Hormah:” i. e. “the…
Unto Hormah - literally, “the Hormah:” i. e. “the banning,” or “ban-place.” Compare Num 21:3; Jos 12:14. According to the view taken of Kadesh (see Num 13:26), Hormah is identified, through its earlier name, Zephath Jdg 1:17, with es-Safah on the southeastern frontier of Canaan, by which the Israelites quitted the Arabah for the higher ground, (or with Sebaita, which lies further to the west, about 25 miles north of Ain Gadis).
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain even unto Hormah--The name was afterwards given to that…
even unto Hormah--The name was afterwards given to that place in memory of the immense slaughter of the Israelites on this occasion.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 45. Discomfited — Literally, pounded into pieces. “Chased you,…
45. Discomfited — Literally, pounded into pieces. “Chased you, as bees do,” Deu_1:44, that is, with great ferocity when exasperated.
Hormah — This was the key point from which the roads across the desert, after having been all united, again diverge toward Gaza and Hebron; and its site is still marked by the ruins of a square tower of hewn stones, on the top of a hill which rises a thousand feet above the wady on the edge of which it stands. See Num_21:3, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 45. which dwelt in that hill country] See on…
45. which dwelt in that hill country] See on Num_14:25.
Hormah] lit. ‘the Hormah’; but it occurs here only with the article. A town or district in the south of Palestine whose site is unknown. In Num_21:3 an explanation of the name is given: see notes there.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (45) Then the Amalekites came down . . .…
(45) Then the Amalekites came down . . . —The words “which dwelt in that hill” may refer to the Canaanites only, or to the Amalekites and the Canaanites, and may denote either permanent residence or temporary occupation. If the reference is, as seems most natural, to a permanent abode, it will follow Num_14:25, for the latter verse cannot be intended to describe the geographical position of the Canaanites.
Even unto Horman.—Or, the place of the ban. The definite article is used in this place, the Hormah. If the Hormah which is here mentioned is identical with the Hormah of Num_21:3, where the definite article is not used, and with the Hormah of Jdg_1:17, we must conclude that the name is used proleptically, as is not unfrequently the case in Scripture. It is probable, however, that in each case a different place is denoted by a common name. The cognate verb is employed in Deu_20:17, where the command is given to devote the Canaanitish nations to utter destruction, i.e., to a state of hormah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites. See on…
The Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites. See on Deu_1:44. They came down from the summit of the mountain country, and drove the Israelites off the saddle, or lower level, to which they had ascended. Discomfited them. Septuagint, katekoqan autouv , "cut them up." Unto Hormah. This mention of Hormah is extremely perplexing, especially when we find from Deu_1:44 that it was "in Serf" (ryiceB), which is the ordinary name for the territory of the Edomites. The name Hormah meets us again in Num_21:3 (see the notes there), as having been bestowed by the Israelites upon the place where they destroyed the people of King Arad. If this be the same Hormah, it must be so named here by anticipation. It is, however, quite possible that it is another place altogether. Again, if the Seir of Deu_1:44 be the country usually so called, we must suppose that the Edomites had at this time occupied a part of the Azazimeh, contiguous to the Wady Murreh, and westwards of the Arabah. We should then represent the Israelites to ourselves as being driven off the mountain, and across the Wady Murreh, and cut down in the mountains beyond, as far as a place called Hormah, perhaps from this very slaughter. Others have found Hormah (or Zephath, Jud_1:17) and Seir among the multitudinous names of past or present habitation in the south of Palestine; the perplexing resemblances of which, coupled with the vagueness of the sacred narrative, lead to the rise of as many different theories as there are commentators. It must, however, be erroneous to represent this hasty incursion of the Israelites, without their leaders, and without their daily food from heaven, as a campaign in which they advanced for a considerable distance, and were only partially expelled at last. It is clear from this passage, and still more from the parallel passage in Deuteronomy 1, that the expedition was swiftly and ignominiously repelled and avenged. Compare the expression, "chased you as bees do."
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:45 Hormah means “destruction” in Hebrew (see 21:1-3).
14:45 Hormah means “destruction” in Hebrew (see 21:1-3).
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