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Hormah

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Destruction, Numbers 21:1-3; also called Zephath; a city in the extreme south of Canaan, near which the rebellious Hebrews were defeated, in the second year after leaving Egypt, Numbers 14:45; it was afterwards laid waste, Judges 1:16,17 . The Simeonites repeopled it, Joshua 19:4 , and David sent them some of his spoils taken from the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 30:30 .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Hormah'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​h/hormah.html. 1859.
 
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