Joshua 19:4

19:4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

Numbers 14:45

14:45 So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped ¹  down and attacked them ²  as far as Hormah. ³ 

Deuteronomy 1:44

1:44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area ⁴  confronted ⁵  you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah. ⁶ 

Jude 1:17

Exhortation to the Faithful

1:17 But you, dear friends – recall the predictions ⁷  foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ 

[14:45]  ¹ tn Heb “came down.”

[14:45]  ² tn The verb used here means “crush by beating,” or “pounded” them. The Greek text used “cut them in pieces.”

[14:45]  ³ tn The name “Hormah” means “destruction”; it is from the word that means “ban, devote” for either destruction or temple use.

[1:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.

[1:44]  ⁵ tn Heb “came out to meet.”

[1:44]  ⁶ sn Hormah is probably Khirbet el-Meshash, 5.5 mi (9 km) west of Arad and 7.5 mi (12 km) SE of Beer Sheba. Its name is a derivative of the verb חָרָם (kharam, “to ban; to exterminate”). See Num 21:3.

[1:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with προεῖπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the apostles uttered prophecies.

[1:17]  ⁸ sn This verse parallels 2 Pet 3:2 both conceptually and in much of the verbiage. There is one important difference, however: In 2 Pet 3:2 the prophets and apostles speak; here, just the apostles speak. This makes good sense if Jude is using 2 Peter as his main source and is urging his readers to go back to the authoritative writings, both OT and now especially NT.