Deuteronomy 1:44

But the Amoraah who dwelt in that mountain came out against you, and pursued you as bees are dispersed, and smote you in Seir unto Hormah.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

In Context

43And I told you, but you hearkened not, but rebelled against the Word of the Lord, and dared, and went up to the mountain;

45And you returned, and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not receive your prayer, nor hearken to your words;

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Cross References

Numbers 14:45And the Amalkaah and the Kenaanaah who dwelt in the mountain came down and smote them, and pursued them unto Hormah.

Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will deliver thee up to be broken before thy enemies; thou wilt go out to them by one way, but by seven ways shalt thou flee before them, and thou shalt be dispersed in all the kingdoms of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:20-46

Israel's Sin at Kadesh. ( b. c. 1451.) 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be… Read the whole commentary →

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