Numberi 14:45

45 Toen kwamen af de Amalekieten en de Kanaanieten, die in dat gebergte woonden, en sloegen hen, en versmeten hen, tot Horma toe.

Numberi 14:45 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites came down
The hill; met the Israelites as they ascended: and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill; the same with the Amorites, one of the seven nations of Canaan, ( Numbers 13:29 ) ;

and smote them;
with the sword, having the advantage of them in coming down the hill upon them:

and discomfited them even unto Hormah;
the name of a place, so called from what happened there; as Jarchi says; either from this destruction of the Israelites at this time by these their enemies, or from the destruction of the Canaanites by Israel, ( Numbers 21:4 ) ; and so here has its name by anticipation; or it may be from both these events, and seems to be confirmed by a third of the like kind, having been in former times called Zephath, ( Judges 1:17 ) ; see ( Joshua 15:30 ) ; though some take it to be an appellative here, and not the proper name of a place, and render it even unto destruction, as the Targum of Jonathan, denoting the very great destruction and havoc that were made among them: how many were destroyed is not certain; the judgment threatened them of God soon began to take place, that their carcasses should fall in that wilderness.

Numberi 14:45 In-Context

43 Want de Amalekieten, en de Kanaanieten zijn daar voor uw aangezicht, en gij zult door het zwaard vallen; want, omdat gij u afgekeerd hebt van den HEERE, zo zal de HEERE met u niet zijn.

44 Nochtans poogden zij vermetel, om op de hoogte des bergs te klimmen; maar de ark des verbonds des HEEREN en Mozes scheidden niet uit het midden des legers.

45 Toen kwamen af de Amalekieten en de Kanaanieten, die in dat gebergte woonden, en sloegen hen, en versmeten hen, tot Horma toe.