Zephath
Zephath, later called Hormah, was a Canaanite city that Israel failed to capture but was later defeated by Judah and Simeon .
The name Zephath means “which beholds; that attends or that covers”
PlaceOld Testament6 books9 verses
Summary
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.212° N, 34.958° E
Glossary entries
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Mentions
- Numbers 14:45חׇרְמָה · HormahThen 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 21:3חׇרְמָה · HormahAnd the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 1:44חׇרְמָה · HormahThen 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.
- Joshua 12:14חׇרְמָה · Hormah…the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Joshua 15:30חׇרְמָה · HormahEltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
- Joshua 19:4חׇרְמָה · HormahEltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
- Judges 1:17חׇרְמָה · Hormah; צְפַ֑ת · ZephathThen 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.
- 1 Samuel 30:30חׇרְמָה · Hormah…to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;
- 1 Chronicles 4:30חׇרְמָה · HormahBethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,