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Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
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Verse 17. Sephaath, near Maresa, where Asa defeated the king of Arabia. 2 Chronicles 14:9. It was also called Sephata, and afterwards Horma. Calmet.—Septuagint “they anathematized it, and utterly destroyed it, and they called the city Exolethreusis, “utter ruin.” Bible.—Whether they had engaged themselves by vow to do so, or they treated the city in this manner in thanksgiving for the victory, is uncertain. Menochius.
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