Hormah

Rebellion of the people and judgment pronounced against them.

The defeat of Israel unto Hormah.

Numbers, chapters 12 through 14.

Hitherto the spirit of rebellion on the part of the people had been directed against Jehovah himself.

End of footnote.

To go up to the head of the mountain, although Moses and the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah remained behind in the camp.

From Kadesh it is only about 20 miles to Hormah, to which place their enemies afterwards smote and discomfited them.

As we know from the descriptions of travelers, increasing fertility, cultivation, and civilization must have met the host as it advanced into the Negev.

These were the kings.

The king of Jericho, the king of Ai near Bethel, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, the king of Gezer, the king of Debir, the king of Geder, the king of Hormah, the king of Arad, the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam, the king of Makkedah, the king of Bethel, the king of Tappuah, the king of Hepher, the king of Aphek, the king of Lashron, the king of Madon, the king of Hazor, the king of Shimron Meron, the king of Akshaph, the king of Taanach, the king of Megiddo, the king of Kedesh, the king of Jothol in Carmel, the king of Dor, the king of Goiim in Gilgal, the king of Tirzah: all together thirty-one kings in all." And so friends, this is gonna be a just very brief comment.

The Lord saw fit to list these victories just as evidence of the, the breadth of Israel's conquest, both, um, in the area of ... that's now modern Jordan, where three of the tribes located, and then the Holy Land itself, Israel proper, where these 31 kings were defeated by Joshua.

So Lord, we thank you for this recap.

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, sorry, Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.

It was for those in Bethel, and Ramoth of the Negev, and Jetir, and Oroer, and Ziphmoth, and Eshtimoah, and Rakal, the cities of the Jehabilites, in the cities of the Kenites, in Hormah, and Bor-Ashan, in Ephak, in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.

David is a wise and shrewd future king.

These are the towns that had also experienced raids and they've also supported David while he's been in exile, while he's been roaming.

The king of Geder, one.

The king of Hormah, one.

The king of Arad, one.

the king of libna one the king of adulam one the king of makeda one the king of beth-el one the king of tapua one the king of hefer one the king of afek one the king of lasharon one the king of madon one the king of hazor one the king of shimron-miron one the king of aksheph one the king of taanach one the king of megiddo one the king of kadesh one the king of jokneam of carmel one the king of dor at the elevation of dor one the king of the goyim of gilgal one the king of tirzah one all the kings are thirty and one the end of chapters seven through twelve of the book of joshua CHAPTER XIII-XVIII OF THE BOOK OF JOSHUA chapters thirteen through eighteen of the book of joshua from the young's literal translation of the bible translated by robert young chapter thirteen and joshua is old entering into days and jehovah saith unto him thou hast become aged thou hast entered into days as to the land very much hath been left to possess this is the land that is left all the circuits of the philistines and all geshurai from sihor which is on the front of egypt and unto the border of ekron northward to the canaanite it is reckoned five princes of the philistines the gazathite and the ashtathite the eschalonite the gittite and the ekronite also the avim from the south all the land of the canaanite and merah which is to the sidonians unto aphek unto the border of the amorite and the land of the giblite and all lebanon at the sun rising from baal-gad under mount hermon unto the going into hamath all the inhabitants of the hill country from lebanon unto mizraphothmaim all the sidonians i i dispossess them before the sons of israel only cause it to fall to israel for an inheritance as i have commanded thee and now apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe of manasseh with it the reubenite and the gadite have received their inheritance which moses hath given to them beyond the jordan eastward as moses servant of jehovah hath given to them from aroer which is on the edge of the brook arnon and the city which is in the midst of the brook and all the plain of medeba unto dihon and all the cities of sihon king of the amorite who reigned in heshbon unto the border of the bani ammon and gilead and the border of the geshurite and of the maacathite and all mount hermon and all bashan unto all the kingdom of og in bashan who reigned in ashtaroth and in edrei he was left of the remnant of the rephaim and moses doth smite them and dispossess them and the sons of israel dispossessed not the geshurite and the maacophite and geshur and maacoph dwell in the midst of israel unto this day only to the tribe of levi he hath not given an inheritance fire offerings of jehovah god of israel is its inheritance as he hath spoken to it and moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of reuben for their families and the border is to them from aroer which is on the edge of the brook arnon and the city which is in the midst of the brook and all the plain by medeba heshbon and all its cities which are in the plain dibon and bamath baal and beth baal maon and jahazah and kedemoth and mephaoth and kirjathaim and sibmeh and zareth shahar in the mount of the valley and beth peor and the springs of pisgah and beth jeshimoth and all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of sihon king of the amorite who reigned in heshbon whom moses smote with the princes of midian evi and rechem and zur and hur and reba princes of sihon inhabitants of the land and balaam son of beor the diviner have the sons of israel slain with the sword among their wounded ones and the border of the sons of reuben is the jordan and its border this is the inheritance of the sons of reuben for their families the cities and their villages and moses giveth to the tribe of gad to the sons of gad for their families and the border is to them jazer and all the cities of gilead and the half of the land of the beni ammon unto aroer which is on the front of rabba and from heshbon unto ramoth mizpeh and betonim and from mahanaim unto the border of debir and in the valley beth aram and beth nimra and sukoph and zaphon the rest of the kingdom of sihon king of heshbon the jordan and its border unto the extremity of the sea of chinareth beyond the jordan eastward this is the inheritance of the sons of gad for their families the cities and their villages and moses giveth to the half of the tribe of manasseh and it is to the half of the tribe of the sons of manasseh for their families and their border is from mahanaim all bashan all the kingdom of og king of bashan and all the small towns of jeir which are in bashan sixty cities And the half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, are to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families.

Chapter 19 And the second lot goeth out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families.

And their inheritance is in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

And they have in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, and Bala, and Azem, and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, and Ziklag, and Bethmarkaboth, and Hazarsusa, and Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhan.

thirteen cities and their villages ain reman and ephar and ashan four cities and their villages also all the villages which are round about these cities unto baalophbir ramoth of the south this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of simeon for their families out of the portion of the sons of judah is the inheritance of the sons of simeon for the portion of the sons of judah hath been too much for them and the sons of simeon inherit in the midst of their inheritance and the third lot goeth up for the sons of zebulun for their families and the border of their inheritance is unto and their border hath gone up towards the sea and maralah and come against dabashef and come unto the brook which is on the front of jokneam and turned back from sarid eastward at the sun rising by the border of chisloth tabor and gone out unto dabaroth and gone up to and thence it hath passed over eastward to the east to gitahepher to itakazin and gone out to rimmon methoar to nia and the border hath gone round about it from the north to hanathon and its outgoings have been in the valley of jiphtael and katah and nahalal and shimron and idalah and bethlehem twelve cities and their villages this is the inheritance of the sons of zebulun for their families these cities and their villages for issachar hath the fourth lot gone out for the sons of issachar for their families and their border is at jezreel and chesuloth and shunem and hafreim and shaihan and anaharath and and kishion and abez and remeth and enganim and enhaddah and bethpazez and the border hath touched against tabor and jahazimah and bethshemesh and the outgoings of their border have been at the jordan sixteen cities and their villages this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of issachar for their families the cities and their villages and the fifth lot goeth out for the tribe of the sons of asher for their families and their border is helkaf and halai and beten and and alamelech and amad and mishael and it toucheth against carmel westward and against shihor libnath and hath turned back at the sun-rising to beth dagon and come against zebulun and against the valley of jiphtael toward the north of beth emek and neael and hath gone out unto cabul on the left and hebron and rehob and hamon and cana unto great zidon and the border hath turned back to ramah and unto the fenced city tyre and the border hath turned back to hosah and its outgoings are at the sea from the coast to agzib and umah and aphek and rehob twenty and two cities and their villages this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of asher for their families these cities and their villages for the sons of naphtali hath the sixth lot gone out for the sons of naphtali for their families and their border is from hellef from alon in zaan-nanim and adamai nekeb and jabniel unto and its outgoings are at the jordan and the border hath turned back westward to asnoth tabor and gone out thence to he and touched against zebulun on the south and against asher it hath touched on the west and against judah at the jordan at the sun rising And the cities of defense are Zidim, Zer, and Hamath, Rakath, and Chenareth, and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, and Kadesh, and Edrei, and En-Hazor, and Iran, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh, nineteen cities and their villages.

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.

It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negev, in Jatir, in Aror, in Sifmoth, in Eshtimoah, in Rakel, in the cities of the Jeromulites, in the cities of the Kenites, in Hormah, in Boratian, in Aphek, in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.

Here endeth the first lesson.

We praise thee, O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

They settled among the people there, near the town of Arad in the Negev.

Then Judah joined with Simeon to fight against the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they completely destroyed the town.

So the town was named Hormah.

In addition, Judah captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.

He heard that Israel was coming and, and he was trying to obstruct them, right? And, and Israel vowed to the Lord, "If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities." And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and gave them-- gave over the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities.

So the name of the place was called Hormah.

They are coming off a big victory.

And sometimes in success, and I, I wonder if this is part of it, sometimes when we're doing well, when it's going my way, we can get big-headed, full of ourselves.

They shall share alike." And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that way forward, from that day forward to this day.

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, "Here is a present you, for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord." It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir, in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa, in Ras, Ra- Rakal, in the cities of the Jera- Jerahmeelites, in the city of the Kenites, in Hormah, in Be Borashan, in Athach, in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.

Amen.

Well, friends, we've arrived here at the end of 1 Samuel.

Rebellion of the people and judgment pronounced against them.

The defeat of Israel unto Hormah.

Numbers, chapters twelve through fourteen.

Hitherto the spirit of rebellion on the part of the people had been directed against Jehovah himself.

End of footnote.

To go up to the head of the mountain, although Moses and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah remained behind in the camp.

From Kadesh it is only about twenty miles to Hormah, to which place their enemies afterwards smote and discomfited them.

As we know from the descriptions of travelers, increasing fertility, cultivation, and civilization must have met the host as it advanced into the Negev.