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 Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they killed the Canaanites who lived in Zephath, and completely destroyed the city. They renamed the city Hormah.
The tribes of Judah and Simeon worked together to completely conquer a Canaanite city, renaming it to mark their victory.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during the period after Joshua's death when the individual tribes of Israel were continuing to claim their assigned territories in the Promised Land. The Canaanites were the original inhabitants whom God had commanded Israel to drive out because of their idolatrous practices. 'Hormah' means 'destruction' or 'devoted to destruction,' marking this as a place of complete conquest.
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