Numbers 21:3
Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. Ever since that time, that place has been called Hormah which means ‘destruction’.
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Deuteronomy 1:44Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out of their towns and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like a swarm of bees pursues people, and they pursued them south from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah city.
Joshua 15:30Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,
Psalms 10:17You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you. You hear them when they pray, and you encourage [IDM] them.
Psalms 102:17You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will ◄not ignore them/do what they request► [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:2-4
Arad Subdued. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the… Read the whole commentary →