Thematic Bible: Hormah


Thematic Bible



Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and struck the Israelites and scattered them as far as Hormah. Verse ConceptsDefeat Of God's People

Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah. Verse ConceptsBeesInsects

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the South (the Negeb), heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. And Israel 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. And the Lord hearkened to Israel and gave over the Canaanites. And they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah [a banned or devoted thing].

Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,

and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah,

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

Then [the warriors of the tribe of] Judah went with [the warriors of the tribe of] Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah (destruction). Verse ConceptsAnnihilationFighting TogetherDestruction

and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah,

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,