"The Amoriteswho livedin that hillcountrycameout againstyou and chasedyou as beesdo,and crushedyou from Seirto Hormah.
They surroundedme like bees;They were extinguishedas a fireof thorns;In the nameof the LORDI will surelycutthem off.
In that daythe LORDwill whistlefor the flythat is in the remotestpartof the riversof Egyptand for the beethat is in the landof Assyria.
Then the Amalekitesand the Canaaniteswho livedin that hillcountrycamedown,and struckthem and beatthem downas faras Hormah.
The LORDheardthe voiceof Israeland deliveredup the Canaanites;then they utterlydestroyedthem and their cities.Thus the nameof the placewas calledHormah.
"The LORDshall causeyou to be defeatedbeforeyour enemies;you will goout onewayagainstthem, but you will fleesevenwaysbeforethem, and you will be [an example of] terrorto allthe kingdomsof the earth.
"Howcould onechasea thousand,And twoputtenthousandto flight,Unlesstheir Rockhad soldthem, And the LORDhad giventhem up?
The menof Aistruckdownabout thirty-sixof their men,and pursuedthem from the gateas faras Shebarimand struckthem downon the descent,so the heartsof the peoplemeltedand becameas water.
