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Hormah

• Today Tel Masos
• Location disputed

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Battles and sieges

1. c. 1445 BCIsrael repulsed at Hormah Num 14:40–45
   Israel, going up against Moses' word, against the Amalekites and Canaanites of the hill country. The Amalekites and Canaanites come down, smite them and chase them to Hormah.
2. c. 1407 BCIsrael defeats the king of Arad at Hormah Num 21:1–3
   Israel against the Canaanite king of Arad. The Canaanites and their cities are utterly destroyed; the place is named Hormah.

Verses (9)

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.

Num 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.

Deut 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.

Josh 12:14

The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Josh 15:30

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

Josh 19:4

And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

Judg 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 Sam 30:30

And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

1 Chr 4:30

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

King James Version