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What is Hormah?
        HOR'MAH
        (place desolated), a royal city of the Canaanites; assigned to Simeon. Num 14:45; Num 21:1-3; Deut 1:44; Josh 12:14; Josh 19:4. It was first known as Zephath or "watch-tower," Judg 1:17; was destroyed after the Conquest; was rebuilt. 1 Sam 30:30; 1 Chr 4:30. Robinson identified Zephath with the pass es-Sufah, but Palmer and Drake, with greater certainty, locate it at Sebaiteh, the equivalent for the Hebrew "watch-tower." The ruins are 500 yards long by 200 or 300 yards wide, and comprise churches, a tower, and two reservoirs of water. The streets can also be traced. It is about 20 miles from 'Ain Gadis (Kadesh), and a ruined fort 3 miles from the town commands the only pass through which the city could be approached. Palmer suggests that the fortress was the sephath, or "watch-tower," and Sebaista the city. Conder suggests Horun as ancient Hormah, but until further exploration Palmer's view seems the most probable.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'hormah' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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