Hormah

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

A city southwest of the Dead Sea

• Numbers 14:45 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.
• Numbers 21:1–3 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” And the LO…
• Deuteronomy 1:44 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.

Captured by the tribes of Judah and Simeon

• Judges 1:17 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.
• Joshua 12:14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Allotted to the tribe of Simeon

• Joshua 19:4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
• 1 Chronicles 4:30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

Within the territory allotted to Judah

• Joshua 15:30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
• 1 Samuel 30:30 to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;