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Hormah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Chormah', חָרְמָה , devoted city, otherwise peak of a hill; Sept. ῾ερνά 5. r. occasionally ῾Ερμάθ and ἀνάθεμα), a royal city of the Canaanites in the south of Palestine (Joshua 12:14; 1 Samuel 30:30), near which the Israelites experienced a discomfiture from the Amalekites resident there, as they perversely attempted to enter Canaan by that route after the divine sentence of wandering (Numbers 14:45; Numbers 21:1-3; Deuteronomy 1, 44). Joshua afterwards besieged its king (Joshua 15:30), and on its capture assigned the city to the tribe of Judah, but finally it was included in the territory given to Simeon (Joshua 19:4; Judges 1:17; 1 Chronicles 4:30). It is elsewhere mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:30. It was originally called ZEPHATH (Judges 1:17), under which name it appears to have been again rebuilt and occupied by the Canaanites (see Bertheau, ad loc.; Hengstenberg, Pentat. 2, 220); whereas the name Hormah was probably given to the site by the Israelites in token of its demolition (see Numbers 21:3). Hence traces of the older name alone remain. (See ZEPHATH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hormah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hormah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
