Then the Amalekitesand the Canaaniteswho livedin that hillcountrycamedown,and struckthem and beatthem downas faras Hormah.
You alsoturnbackthe edgeof his swordAnd have not made him standin battle.
and he said,"The LORDhas sworn;the LORDwill have waragainst Amalekfrom generationto generation."
"Amalekis livingin the landof the Negevand the Hittitesand the Jebusitesand the Amoritesare livingin the hillcountry,and the Canaanitesare livingby the seaand by the sideof the Jordan."
"For the Amalekitesand the Canaaniteswill be therein frontof you, and you will fallby the sword,inasmuchas you have turnedbackfrom followingthe LORD.And the LORDwill not be with you."
Now the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
The LORDheardthe voiceof Israeland deliveredup the Canaanites;then they utterlydestroyedthem and their cities.Thus the nameof the placewas calledHormah.
"The Amoriteswho livedin that hillcountrycameout againstyou and chasedyou as beesdo,and crushedyou from Seirto Hormah.
"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.
Then Judahwentwith Simeonhis brother,and they struckthe Canaaniteslivingin Zephath,and utterlydestroyedit. So the nameof the citywas calledHormah.
Now Davidand his menwentup and raidedthe Geshuritesand the Girzitesand the Amalekites;for they were the inhabitantsof the landfrom ancienttimes,as you cometo Shureven as faras the landof Egypt.
and to those whowere in Hormah,and to those whowere in Bor-ashan,and to those whowere in Athach,
The Philistinesdrewup in battlearray to meetIsrael.When the battlespread,Israelwas defeatedbeforethe Philistineswho killedabout fourthousandmenon the battlefield.
