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Selected Verse: Numbers 14:45 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 14:45 |
King James |
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| even unto Hormah--The name was afterwards given to that place in memory of the immense slaughter of the Israelites on this occasion. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Canaanites - Largely so called, but strictly the Amorites. Hormah - A place so called afterwards, Num 21:3, from the slaughter or destruction of the lsraelites at this time. |
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.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
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.
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.