SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:45
Y descendieron el amalecita y el cananeo, que habitaban en aquel monte, y los hirieron y los derrotaron, persiguiéndolos hasta Horma.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 45. Then the Amalekites came down , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 40-45 - Some of the Israelites were now earnest to go forward toward Canaan But it came too late. If men would but be as earnest for heaven whil their day of grace lasts, as they will be when it is over, how wel would it be for them! That which has been duty in its season, when mistimed, may be turned into sin. Those who are out of the way of their duty, are not under God's protection, and go at their peril. God bad them go, and they would not; he forbade them, and they would go. Thu is the carnal mind enmity against God. They had distrusted God' strength; they now presume upon their own without his. And the expedition fails accordingly; now the sentence began to be executed that their carcases should fall in the wilderness. That affair can never end well, which begins with sin. The way to obtain peace with ou friends, and success against our enemies, is, to have God, as ou Friend, and to keep in his love. Let us take warning from the fate of Israel, lest we perish after the same example of unbelief. Let us go forth, depending on God's mercy, power, promise, and truth; he will be with us, and bring our souls to everlasting rest __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וירד 3381 העמלקי 6003 והכנעני 3669 הישׁב 3427 בהר 2022 ההוא 1931 ויכום 5221 ויכתום 3807 עד 5704 החרמה׃ 2767
