Joshua 12 · Verse 14

Joshua 12:14

The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Joshua 12:14, King James Version

Joshua 12:14 in other translations

BSBthe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
WEBthe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
ASVthe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
YLTThe king of Hormah, one; The king of Arad, one;
DARBYthe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
BBEThe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
WebsterThe king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

What does Joshua 12:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The king of Hormah - Supposed to be the place where the Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites see Num 14:45; and which probably was called Hormah, הרמה chormah, or destruction, from this circumstance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 12:7-24

We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to throng together. This was the land God appointed for Israel; yet in our day it is one of the most barren and unprofitable countries in the world. Such is the effect of the curse it lies under, since its possessors rejected…

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Joshua 12:14 in the original Hebrew

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מֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
חָרְמָה֙cha.re.MahHormahH2767
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
עֲרָ֖ד'a.RadAradH6166
אֶחָֽד\׃'e.ChadoneH259

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 12:14

  • 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 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 21:3

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hormah.
Nu 14:45; 21:3
Arad.Eusebius places this city in the neighbourhood of Kadesh, four miles from Malathis, and twenty from Hebron.
Nu 21:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 12:13

    The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

  • Joshua 12:14

    The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

  • Joshua 12:15

    The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

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Joshua 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El rey de Horma, otro: el rey de Arad, otro:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		le roi de Horma, un; le roi d’Arad, un;
German
Elberfelder 1871		der König von Horma: einer; der König von Arad: einer;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		rex Herma unus, rex Hered unus,