Zephath

Zephath was a Canaanite city in the south, and its name is better known as Hormah. Judges 1:17 says Judah and Simeon “slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.” Numbers 21 tells of an earlier fight with king Arad, where Israel vowed, “I will utterly destroy their cities,” and “he called the name of the place Hormah.” Hormah also turns up in town lists for Judah and Simeon (Joshua 15:30; 19:4) and in David’s gifts to his friends (1 Samuel 30:30).

8 verses

Numbers

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Numbers 21:1

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Numbers 21:2

And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Numbers 21:3

And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

Joshua

Joshua 15:30

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

Joshua 19:4

And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

Judges

Judges 1:17

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.

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 30:30

And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(watch-tower), the earlier name, (Judges 1:17) of a Canaanite town, which after its capture and destruction was called by the Israelites Hormah. [HORMAH]