Joshua - 12:14



14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 12:14.

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The king of Herma one, the king of Hered one,
Rex Hormah unus, rex Arad unus.

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Historical Commentaries

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The king of Hormah - Supposed to be the place where the Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites see Numbers 14:45; and which probably was called Hormah, הרמה chormah, or destruction, from this circumstance.

The king of Hormah, one,.... Which was formerly called Zephath, Judges 1:17; see Joshua 15:3,
the king of Arad, one; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom (i) says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; see Numbers 21:1.
(i) De Loc. Hebrews. fol. 92. L.

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