Hormah
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Numbers 14:45 names it as far as which the Amalekites and the Canaanites of the hill country struck and beat down the people who had gone up to the top of the mountain. Numbers 21:3 says the place where Israel utterly destroyed the Canaanites and their cities, when the LORD delivered them up, was called Hormah. Deuteronomy 1:44 says, “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 says that Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it, and that the name of the city was called Hormah.
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- 1CH 4:28–33, engwebp
28They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
29at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,
30at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,
31at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign.
32Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
33and all their villages that were around the same cities, as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept their genealogy.
- 1SA 30:27–31, engwebp
27He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
28to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
31to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
- DEU 1:41–46, engwebp
41Then you answered and said to me, “We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.” Every man of you put on his weapons of war, and presumed to go up into the hill country.
42The LORD said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies.’”
43So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
44The 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.
45You returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD didn’t listen to your voice, nor turn his ear to you.
46So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained.
- JDG 1:17, engwebp
17Judah 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.
- JOS 12:7–24, engwebp
7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
- JOS 15:21–32, engwebp
21The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (also called Hazor),
26Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
30Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
- JOS 19:2–6, engwebp
2They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
3Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
6Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;
- NUM 14:39–45, engwebp
39Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
40They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised; for we have sinned.”
41Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of the LORD, since it shall not prosper?
42Don’t go up, for the LORD isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.
43For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following the LORD; therefore the LORD will not be with you.”
44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of the LORD’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down even to Hormah.
- NUM 14:45, engwebp
45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down even to Hormah.
- NUM 21:1–3, engwebp
1The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
2Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
3The LORD 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.
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Unresolved interpretation: The name Hormah at Numbers 21:3 and at Judges 1:17
- Numbers 21:1–3 says that the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, fought against Israel and took some of them captive; that Israel vowed a vow to the LORD; and that the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. It adds, “The name of the place was called Hormah.”
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- NUM 21:1–3, engwebp
1The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
2Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
3The LORD 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.
- NUM 21:1–3, engwebp
- Judges 1:17 says that Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. It adds, “The name of the city was called Hormah.”
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- JDG 1:17, engwebp
17Judah 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.
- JDG 1:17, engwebp
Numbers 21:3 says that the LORD listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities, and the name of the place was called Hormah; Judges 1:17 says that Judah went with Simeon his brother, they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it, and the name of the city was called Hormah. The text does not say whether the two verses speak of one place, or how the two namings relate. This collection records both verses under the one entry Hormah, with Zephath as another name of it, and does not decide whether they are the same place.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Hormah” by name and 9 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tel Masos (confidence 449 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.
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- Tel Masos
OpenBible.info confidence 449 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.21229, 34.95828
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Hormah” (CC BY 4.0) - Tel Halif
OpenBible.info confidence 141 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.38333, 34.86564
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Hormah” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (2) — Going up against the word, and the defeat as far as Hormah, The king of Arad, and 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.
The LORD 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.
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.
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
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.
to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Hormah (place-hormah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/hormah Current wording: Numbers 14:45 names it as far as which the Amalekites and the Canaanites of the hill country struck and beat down the people who had gone up to the top of the mountain. Numbers 21:3 says the place where Israel utterly destroyed the Canaanites and their cities, when the LORD delivered them up, was called Hormah. Deuteronomy 1:44 says, “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 says that Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it, and that the name of the city was called Hormah. Cited evidence: 1CH 4:28–33, engwebp / 1SA 30:27–31, engwebp / DEU 1:41–46, engwebp / JDG 1:17, engwebp / JOS 12:7–24, engwebp / JOS 15:21–32, engwebp / JOS 19:2–6, engwebp / NUM 14:39–45, engwebp (and 2 more of 10) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.