A town where the Amalekites and the Canaanites defeated the Israelites; later conquered by the Israelites and allotted to the tribe of Simeon.
About Hormah
A town near Beersheba in the Negev. It was on the border of the tribes of Judah and Simeon.
At first, it was a Canaanite settlement. Then it belonged to the tribe of Judah, and then to the tribe of Simeon (Joshua 15:30; 19:4, 9). By the time Israel had its first kings, Judah controlled this area again (1 Samuel 30:30).
Key References
Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
All Scripture References (9)
Numbers (2)
Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
Deuteronomy (1)
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
Joshua (3)
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
Judges (1)
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
1 Samuel (1)
to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;
1 Chronicles (1)
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,