30And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-31)We have here an account of the distribution of the spoil which as taken from the Amalekites. When the Amalekites had carried away a rich booty from the land of Judah and the Philistines they spent it in sensuality, in eating, and drinking, and making merry with it; but David disposed of the spoil taken after another manner, as one that knew that justice and charity must govern us in the use we mak…
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