To Hormah — literally, "the Hormah": that is, "the banning," or "the place of the ban." Compare Numbers 21:3; Joshua 12:14. Accor…

Then the Amalekites came down ... — The words “which dwelt in that hill” may refer to the Canaanites only, or to the Amal…

Then the Amalekites came down
The hill; met the Israelites as they ascended: and the Canaanites which dwelt in that …

Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan. But it came too late. If people would only be as earnest for heaven while thei…